Your OS legit?

GrumPy

Well, dunno if this has been done before - but how many boardsies have paid for legit versions of there operating systems installed on there pc's?

Creamy Goodness

yes

Zapp Brannigan

Came with this piece of crap from Dell.

I've always wondered though, would a cracked OS not be picked up on by Microsoft or anything?

Hagar

Slurms wrote:

I've always wondered though, would a cracked OS not be picked up on by Microsoft or anything?

Yes it can. We're running checks right now on the two posters who gave themselves away in the poll.

rick_fantastic

mines an "educational copy" of windows professional

Gordon

I'm passing on IP addresses as we speak.

Fajitas!

Mine came with.

rick_fantastic

go for it man.... im sitting in a computer lab in dit twiddling my thumbs waiting for the feds to bust thru the door!

rick_fantastic

sorry double post, pc froze while i was frantically clicking the submit post button!

CiaranC

I think you spelled 'Linux' wrong in option 4 there

B00MSTICK

Linux and an employee purchased WinXP here

michaela

whats an OS?

Hagar

There is an outside chance that "Atari Jaguar" could be a valid answer.
It wouldn't be pretty or work fast but it might work.*



* Yeah, right.

GrumPy

CiaranC wrote:

I think you spelled 'Linux' wrong in option 4 there

humour? I assume it is :rolleyes: considering I never named an OS, just a general poll, be it windows/linux whatever. Btw, Im legit, Dell machine (sh!t€) about 2 years old.

tman

2 legit 2 quit yo

*picks monkey fur out of cd drive*

Calibos

Legit versions of XP home for both PC's that came with both Dells. ie OEM XP. One is still running legit version and the newer PC is running Media Centre Edition (MCE) which may or may not be legit. Not tellling!........explicitly

Seeing as MS where stingy enough to only alow Xbox360 Video Streaming via MCE and not vanilla XP, I am stingy enough to maybe or maybe not pay €140 for MCE, especially seeing as I will only be needing it for a few months till Vista comes out with its MCE functionality as standard, which I most definately will be purchasing, no ifs, buts or maybes!

GrumPy

Calibos wrote:

Seeing as MS where stingy enough to only alow Xbox360 Video Streaming via MCE and not vanilla XP, I am stingy enough to maybe or maybe not pay €140 for MCE

Hehe *sees similarity and giggles* Yeah, MS bastids for the MCE only streaming.

Lord Oz

The last OS I bought was Windows 2000, and I'm using it right now. Btw, there are paid versions of linux too.

djmarkus

yes (points at sig)

petes

Yep. Legit here. Came with the lappy.

scojones

My OS is free. Imagine that!

Giblet

2 legit 2 quit

Sparky

2 legit XP oem pros for built Pc's and 2 preinstalled Os's on the lappy and the business desktop

neacy69

not legit on home pc
legit on laptop
as for office well thats another story

A Dub in Glasgo

Copy of Windows 2000 from work with the serial number from the net

Lump

Legit Copy of XP.

John

matrim

I've a ligit copy on my laptop and one desktop.
I've a dual boot between a copy of Fedora and a copy of XP pro I borrowed from my last job on my spare pc that I use as a server.

mp3guy

CiaranC wrote:

I think you spelled 'Linux' wrong in option 4 there

Yeah, I missed that too. Just picked option 3, since I didn't pay for ubuntu

WizZard

Yes, couple of legit copies of XP (OEM) and Gentoo.

Blowfish

Irish GrumPy wrote:

humour? I assume it is :rolleyes: considering I never named an OS, just a general poll, be it windows/linux whatever.

I think you are missing the point that a lot of Linux distros are free anyway, so the poll is pretty much useless as option 3 could be perfectly legit.

Oh and I have 2 legit OEM XP pro, SuSe 10 OSS, and OpenBSD, which are both free and legit, plus a few others lying around.

Ruu_Old

Got XP Home with the lappy but will have to fork out a few dollah for xp pro oem($139) or just stick with xp home oem for $84.99 both with SP2 for my new machine that Im working on.

IrishEmperor

I wonder will there be more widespread use of illegit Mac OS in the future?
..seeing as the components will be more easily upgradeable (CPUs across the range & GPUs for Intel-Powermac owners) and people wont feel they might as well get a new system just to move up to Leopard..Possum..Badger/or whatever comes next (as many have seem to have done until now)

..and will Vista be stricter than XP in terms of registering? (ie. mandatory registration) and possibly no 'corporate editions'..
- even the beta versions being torrented around now only work for 30 days without registering dont they?

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

timeout

Lappy and desktop came with OEM versions but server is happy on SUSE.

Sean^DCT4

IrishEmperor wrote:

I wonder will there be more widespread use of illegit Mac OS in the future?
..seeing as the components will be more easily upgradeable (CPUs across the range & GPUs for Intel-Powermac owners) and people wont feel they might as well get a new system just to move up to Leopard..Possum..Badger/or whatever comes next (as many have seem to have done until now)

..and will Vista be stricter than XP in terms of registering? (ie. mandatory registration) and possibly no 'corporate editions'..
- even the beta versions being torrented around now only work for 30 days without registering dont they?

Microsoft have started cracking down on all of these 'corporate verisons' and PC's have started showing messages saying "this version of Windows is not valid... You have 14 days to register blah blah blah."

Microsoft announced that on Tuesday (April 25, 2006) it will make Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) more bothersome than ever. A new update for WGA is now on the Windows Update website as a mandatory update. Once installed, your copy of Windows will be checked for validity. If your Windows installation is found not to be genuine, Windows will display a message telling you that "This copy of Windows is not genuine." Windows will check and display messages on every boot as well as once an hour (or so). The new WGA tool also puts an icon in your system tray if your copy of Windows is not genuine.

Once notified and prompted to validate your copy of Windows, you will have 14 days to do so. If after 14 days you do not comply, you will not be able to download updates from the Windows Update website. Critical security updates will still be available via the Automatic Update built into Windows.

Microsoft hopes that by nagging users to get a genuine copy of Windows, it will cut down on piracy. We all know how much we despise pop-ups. Microsoft also urges anyone who purchased an illegal copy of Windows to report the counterfeit dealer. As a reward, Microsoft will (in most cases) give a free license to victims of counterfeit.

If you do not wish to validate your copy of Windows, there is a way to turn off the notifications by clicking on the system tray icon. If you decide to do so, Microsoft notifies you that you will no longer be able to receive updates via Windows Update. Once you agree to these terms, notification will be disabled. However the tray icon will remain in your system tray. When a new version of WGA is available, the notifications will be enabled again.

Windows Vista has more or less the same level of security as Windows XP Media Center, so nothign new there.

I've 2 x legit Windows XP Home although I haven't them installed on my PC

PhilCurran

Bought a copy of windows xp home bout 5years ago. I now have to activate the b*t*h over the phone as I have activated too many times (the last activation was needed after I changed my power supply.

aFlabbyPanda

[strike]rip burn steal[/strike] (xp pro x 2, win2k3 x 1, vista x 1, xp x64 x 1, OSX x1)

[Please read the Charter - NO WAREZ! NO HACKZ! NO CRACKZ! /CM]

layke

however now that I can get MS product a fair bit cheaper then retail I will be legally purchasing Vista.

[Please read the Charter - NO WAREZ! NO HACKZ! NO CRACKZ! /CM]

I think €120-150 isn't so bad for the next 5 years before they come out with something new. However when I was 16/17 that was a lotta money to me.

aFlabbyPanda

BrianjG wrote:

[strike]rip burn steal[/strike] (xp pro x 2, win2k3 x 1, vista x 1, xp x64 x 1, OSX x1)

[Please read the Charter - NO WAREZ! NO HACKZ! NO CRACKZ! /CM]

the thread is about the legality of the OS on your PC. how was my post relating to "NO WAREZ! NO HACKZ! NO CRACKZ"

Cryos

Got my stuff cost price from MS, Vista Ordered and paid for.

Have 10 XP and 4 Server 2003 paid for with my own network admin hands!

aidan_walsh

Got my copies of XP Pro and Server 2003 through the MSDNAA, XP Home with the lappy, and bought copies of 2000 and ME off E-bay.

Capt'n Midnight

aidan_walsh wrote:

ME off E-bay.

LOL
you parted with money for ME

aidan_walsh

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

LOL
you parted with money for ME

I know, I know...

Testing requirements, what can I say...

kaizersoze

Legit XPH for the laptop but have Vista beta 2 on it at the moment.
Desktop is dual-boot with dodgy XPP and Vista Beta 2.