Lessfeet

I have been very psyched (delighted) about Windows 7. I’ve been beta testing it and is a great OS. The by far best Windows yet!

After working with Windows 7 and being totally blown away by it, a different project was presented to me. The project was to restore multiple laptops with Windows XP Professional for a non-profit. Each computer had it’s own product key for XP Pro. I have numerous full retail copies of XP Pro. I also have multiple OEM copies of XP Pro. Even though I had all legitimate copies on Windows XP Pro and I had legitimate product keys and I still could not activate Windows online. Apparently there is a third type of CD you can use that you can activate. I do not know what type that is but I have been told. The other alternative is to get a manufacturer’s restore disk that will make it like it was when the computer was new (Slow and full of “crapware”). They charge a lot of money for these CDs (Lenovo $80 or $90) though the CD cost them almost nothing and you’ve already payed for this software!!!!! This is so egregious the Attorney General or Congress should investigate.

Microsoft in an attempt to reduce piracy has made it so difficult for it’s users to do the most basic things like install Windows with a legitimate product key. Until I tried Windows 7 I was thinking of never buying Windows again and only using Linux. Now after this experience I’m thinking that this plan was a good one!