rec.autos.simulators

Eldred  
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Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.racesimcentral.net/~epickett
GPLRank - under construction...

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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Cheers,
Jens

There's a pretty good 10-item list on that site which describes what is
tracked and the method used.  There are also a few suggestions for those who
do change hardware quite often.  People have even changed out the
motherboard, for instance, without triggering a new activation.

Jens:  I do care, otherwise I wouldn't be putting up with stuff you're
stating.  I haven't seen you jump in here with helpful suggestions, yet I
voluntarily try to assist people and all that is coming from you is an
unwarranted attack.

Since you don't know me, your accusations and telling the world what version
I own or anything else about what I think or do is not only inaccurate, but
untruthful.  I own Windows XP Pro, retail final version, available off the
shelf at your local computer store.  I also have a copy which I received for
beta testing the product for nearly a year.  I installed clean on this
desktop using XP to format to NTFS, and added my normal programs afterward.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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Please be nice and take your spam elsewhere... this is a auto simulation
group.
Thanks!

- Chris H.

Yea, yea, I should have stopped supporting the software monkeys at MS and
just stuck with Dos right? What ever happened to giving the customer what
they want? The fact is if I want to continue being a gamer and buying future
games I will be railroaded into having to use XP and XP compatible hardware
so don't tell me I have a choice, because I don't. Look, I like lots of
things about XP but this activation ***really sucks so telling me not to
use it if I don't like it is just an arrogant stance coming from a bunch of
Micorsoft brown noser's. And don't even get me started on the spyware,
Passport and forced loading of messenger on XP.

Would that be Jan Brady?

Well, I disabled remote assistance too. Actually, I've disabled so much XP
stuff that I may as well go back to Win98. :-)

Yes, I've been reading knowledge base articles and going to XP specific
sites.

P.S. I do have one techie question for you that maybe you can answer for me.
Why when I burn files to cdrom in XP are they not readable on a Win98
system? This is using drag and drop method of burning in XP and not 3rd
party software.

Yes, but if one buys new hardware after they have XP up and running nicely
and this new hardware causes a problem with some other device then they may
be required to pull out old hardware and try other hardware until they track
the problem down. The activation scheme can cause a big pain in the arse
because of this. People have already reported that they have been getting
the heavy hand from MS when they have needed to reactivate over the phone
because they couldn't online. This is bullshit Chris, most computer users
here are power users and are continually upgrading hardware.

Just answer me this one question though, does MS have plans to make their OS
rentware in the near future? If yes, then I can stop worrying about all this
and vow never to buy another piece of MS software again. Maybe I'll even buy
a Mac one of these days. Me, and  millions of others that think like I do
can make or break MS, tell your buddy Bill that too.

Just a tip. Try not to use the PCI slot next to the AGP slot as that slot
always shares the IRQ with the AGP slot. That is why your modem had a
problem. Some divices can share and others can't, even though MS and the mb
manufactureres tell us all PnP hardware can.
In practice it is always better to let your video card have it's own IRQ.

Heh...this reminds me of an old song by Ice-T. Shut up, and be Happy.
He was talking about governement, but it can easily apply to MS too. :-)

Get F12001. It's just as much a sim as GPL, IMO.

I shouldn't have to take that recourse though, should I?

Yea, thx to *your* buddies Millhouse we have to put up with this crap. Some
nice friends you have there.