A word of warning or just paranoia... If some hacker pirates
Windows and creates a CD that will install Windows using
illegal means what is to stop them from including Trojan
code and other spyware in the code, perhaps a porn server
they can use. You might save a few dollars using am illegal
copy of Windows and you might have many problems with system
crashes, slow operation, hackers, porn sites, who knows what
evil lurks in the heart of a pirated CD?
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| | | What exactly is the difference between a pirated version
of winxp and a
| non-pirated version of winxp? Is the code different,does
the registry set up
| different?Are originals as bug filled as the pirated ones
claim to be?
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| Any installation of Windows XP that you (or someone else)
performs upon a
| computer that is done from a Windows XP installation
CD-ROM (or copy of a
| particular Windows XP installation CD-ROM) that has been
used on another
| computer - and which remains in operation upon the other
computer (or has the
| potential to boot up on another computer), is pirated (and
illegal).
|
| Any installation of Windows XP that is initiated from an
original retail Windows
| XP installation CD-ROM that has never been used to install
Windows on another
| computer and for which you, or a generous friend, or a
colleague, or a
| family-member or another loved-one has paid for with cash,
a credit card, a
| debit card, or a valid cheque that cleared the bank is a
non-pirated version of
| Windows XP until such time as that CD-ROM or a copy of
that CD-ROM is used to
| install Windows XP upon another computer (unless the first
computer's iteration
| of Windows XP is totatlly obliterated forever - in which
case the iteration on
| the second computer is non-pirated).
|
| Every time a single Windows XP installlation CD-ROM (or a
copy thereof) is used
| to install Windows XP upon a different computer than the
original computer upon
| which that CD-ROM was initially used, both installations
become immoral, and the
| second installation is criminal. (Unless, the first
installation is obliterated
| forever and never used again). This does not count for
Windows XP Corporate
| Edition. However, any installation of Windows XP
Corporate Edition upon a
| computer which was not covered in the original purchase of
the "site license" or
| upon a subsequent purchase of an "installation license" is
immoral and criminal.
|
| I'm not a lawyer, but I play one in my dementia!
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