Back in the old days I had a 386 and the most amazing game came out: Warcraft. Problem was, it wouldn't run on my computer; always froze up during the map loads. So, I gave it a corner massage! Gently massage both corners of the lain down computer during the loading caused the maps to always work flawlessly!
I can back that up. I used to work for the Geek Squad and we had an informal "don't ask, don't tell" policy about pirated software. Geek Squad corporate (or whatever the group is called) gave out a disk called the MRI disk (I've forgotten what the acronym means) that had lots of utilities on it cleared by the legal department. However, it was rarely updated and didn't have anything useful on it. We ended up making our own boot disks or getting a good one from another store. (There are more talented Geek Squad employees out there than others.)
I spoke out about this once at the store and was told that I could say whatever I wanted and not use the illegal software, but I had to get the job done. However, my only choice was to do a backup/restore at that point.
Lastly, I think we'll see other big companies start talking to the system utility developers very soon. The little computer shops out there, I think you'll be safe.
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Back in the old days I had a 386 and the most amazing game came out: Warcraft. Problem was, it wouldn't run on my computer; always froze up during the map loads. So, I gave it a corner massage! Gently massage both corners of the lain down computer during the loading caused the maps to always work flawlessly!
I can back that up. I used to work for the Geek Squad and we had an informal "don't ask, don't tell" policy about pirated software. Geek Squad corporate (or whatever the group is called) gave out a disk called the MRI disk (I've forgotten what the acronym means) that had lots of utilities on it cleared by the legal department. However, it was rarely updated and didn't have anything useful on it. We ended up making our own boot disks or getting a good one from another store. (There are more talented Geek Squad employees out there than others.) I spoke out about this once at the store and was told that I could say whatever I wanted and not use the illegal software, but I had to get the job done. However, my only choice was to do a backup/restore at that point. Lastly, I think we'll see other big companies start talking to the system utility developers very soon. The little computer shops out there, I think you'll be safe.