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Driver Update Can Cause Vista Deactivation
KrispySausage writes "After weeks of grueling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.
Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into "reduced functionality" mode, where you can't do anything but use the web browser for half an hour."
"it's been six months or so since I've tried Linux, but I've been trying it every six months to a year since 2000, each time someone has told me it had improved enough to not give me troubles - no go so far). I've tried MacOS, same result, except it isn't free."
I can understand having problems with Linux, but Mac's? Come on. Of all the problems I have with Apple, having a difficult to use operating system isn't among them.
"but overally, many people have not had many problems with Windows."
You didn't say "most" so I really can't argue this point, because it all depends on your definition of the word "many". If you think 10 people who don't connect their computer to the internet, or rarely bother to turn it on, is "many" then i guess, yeah, this is true.
"You see, the OP suggested that a user was fooled before Vista."
Oh, lets just run down the list:
Windows 98 SE, a patched OS sold as an operating system.
Windows ME, Windows 98SE with a new skin and more bugs.
Windows NT, Windows 98 with better networking abilities. I once heard it described as "trying to make a car fly by gluing wings on it" I couldn't agree more.
Windows XP - While easily the best OS they've released so far, that's not really saying much. That's like being the smartest kid on the short bus. I've ranted enough about how much I hate XP. But here's a quick run down: From a security stand point it was Swiss Cheese when it was released. The activation process is a PITA and really only hurt people who bought XP (much like WGA), seeing as it available online without it almost as soon as it was released.
And now Vista.
That doesn't include their other software. Like Media Player, IE, Outlook, Office (which is such great software, that their own email and msgr services wont allow you to send any doc created with it through them)
But yeah, Microsoft makes great OS's.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a bunch, shame I'm too big a douche to learn Linux"
"Over the last 9 years, I've been running Windows NT with a wide variety of third party software from a variety of sources, and have never had the problem you describe."
/. and try to make stupid statements like this. It's amazing.
If you have never had Windows hose itself in 9 years of "professional IT support", you are either incredibly lucky and should go to Vega immediately - or you are fucking liar.
It's that simple.
"These "corrupted TCP/IP stack" recovery tools probably exist simply to remove broken configurations that have been created, probably by user incompetence."
Oh, bull fucking shit. Do a Google, Microsoft shill.
"On windows, I've had buggy and misconfigured drivers, but have never had "corrupted" drivers, whether due to the driver file itself or the registry becoming corrupted. In fact, I've never seen the registry become corrupted at all. Not on my installations of Windows, or on the installations of any of my friends, my work colleagues, or my company's clients."
Again, bull fucking shit. Go to Google groups and look in the Microsoft support forums.
Fucking Microsoft liars come on
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