Re: Re: [SLUG] samba and xp app

From: rsancz@verizon.net
Date: Wed Jul 21 2004 - 16:03:49 EDT


>
> From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
> Date: 2004/07/21 Wed PM 01:00:41 CDT
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] samba and xp app
>
> Ian Blenke wrote:
>
> > Sad, but true. I'm loathing the day when they rip out support (no more
> > service packs or hotfixes), ala Win98. That is the only reason I would
> > be forced to upgrade at this point.
>
> Ditto.
>
>
> >
> > Also licensing. WinXP Home requires the machine to register with
> > Microsoft. God help you if you change the hardware too drastically, or
> > you may have to "re-enable" your licensing. There is also a limit to the
> > number of times you can re-register with the same license number (8?)
> > After a while you must go purchase a NEW copy of WinXP Home edition -
> > because you're obviously not running it on the same machine anymore, right?
>
> The same is true of XP Professional, alas. I'm not sure about the license
> renewal limit, but you're required to register the machine to get it run as
> other than an "evaluation" installation. I am, understandably I think, less
> than pleased with this licensing scheme. It's an impressive scam, in short.
>
>
>
> > For my VMWare Windows images, I only use win2k. It's smaller, faster,
> > and less "crashy". If you absolutely must have the Fisher Price XP
> > widgets, there are themeing tools out there.. but why? ;)
>
> Meheheheheh. I love that. I'll probably be calling them "Fisher Price widgets"
> from now on.
>
> There's a possibility that I may be doing network architecture and
> implementation for a multinational in the near future (mah finguz iz crossed),
> setting up LANs in several locations both Stateside and overseas, and linking
> them together in one of those creepy world-spanning corporate WANs that always
> make start thinking of SkyNet. If this all comes together, I've got the
> go-ahead to make the workstations 'nix-based, with basically one Windows
> workstation per location to run the occasional necessary Windows-only
> application. That's the upside. The downside is that it looks like the Windows
> workstations will have to be XP to keep the clients happy. C'est la vie. Ya
> can't win 'em all.
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> I was required to re-register after I changed the video driver to allow a faster refresh rate for an LCD monitor! I was informed that it was a "hardware change". It is a real pain when all you want to do is a simple driver upgrade.

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