I bought genuine the Windows XP Professional and it Still told me that my copy of windows is not genuine. I called microsoft and they couldn't help me. I bought it from Staples. I just gave up and downloaded the crack and it works fine.
I think that microsoft codes the drives of illegal versions so they cant be reinstalled, perhaps this may be an issue.
I have already downloaded and installed Vista Beta RC1 It SUCKS. I WILL NOT be upgrading to vista. It's way too bulky, it eats system resources and they have added too much crap to it. My computer almost blewup trying to run vista, and I have a good computer, still it was very slow. AMD X2 Dual Core / 64Bit / 3800+ 2.5GB DDR2 667mhz RAM Raptor 10,000 RPM Hard Drive X1300 Pro PCIe Graphics Card / 512MB Now, if I can't run vista with those specs, I'm not interested in it. I'm sticking with XP.
Vista is a monster....it eats resources...Not even most of the computers that are being sold now can handle vista...
depending on what you use your computer for I would check on Windows Media Center. A lot of good features plus you get IIS with it.
I just hope for that but I am still with Xp cos i don`t won`t to get the new vista problems....I`am too used with XP crashes
I have started getting loads of problems with XP SP2, Got a feeling they must be getting ready to release another version.
You should go to the seller and ask the problem what you have wether they have provided for you the gunine one or not.
hmm.. i never knew that windows XP crashes. More than 2 years now and i have not faced any major problem with XP.
I think XP has been marked as 'end of life' by Microsoft so they wont be supporting it any more, but I guess it is not going to matter, most people dont need support, and they use bootlegged or pirated copies anyways. You could also simply download and use the Windows 7 RC versions which I think have 120 day free trial with them.
I tried to authorise my windows by putting in another product key and it came back product key incorrect and now is giving me 30 days to activate, so I'm assuming after 30 days it will close me down or something .