Comments on: UPDATE: Windows WGA Validation Server Goes Down — Vista and XP Machines Begin to Die Worldwide!! http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TIHZ_HO http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-763330 TIHZ_HO Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:13:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-763330 #130, 131 Thanks for that :D Usually I do do a search when I need to do something - but I didn't think about this one. If I make a point about this in that one has to install a 'hack' or other software to get around Apple meanwhile the Apple Mac community points a finger at WinPC users for using 'hacks' and buggy programs to get around MS. See that? I guess it is the same as people in other countries pointing out how stupid the US is when they are stupid as well. Doesn't change the fact that they might be right. ;) Cheers #130, 131 Thanks for that :D Usually I do do a search when I need to do something – but I didn’t think about this one.

If I make a point about this in that one has to install a ‘hack’ or other software to get around Apple meanwhile the Apple Mac community points a finger at WinPC users for using ‘hacks’ and buggy programs to get around MS. See that?

I guess it is the same as people in other countries pointing out how stupid the US is when they are stupid as well. Doesn’t change the fact that they might be right. ;)

Cheers

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-763092 pedro Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:12:11 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-763092 #133 Zune? what the hell is that? (don't answer, I now what that brown-thing is) No DRM-ridden music here. Hell will freeze before I ever buy such hassle. Life's too short for that. #133 Zune? what the hell is that? (don’t answer, I now what that brown-thing is) No DRM-ridden music here. Hell will freeze before I ever buy such hassle. Life’s too short for that.

]]> By: Ian http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-763070 Ian Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:50:11 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-763070 #123 freedom, as in “be locked with at&t” freedom? or in “use only itunes” freedom? #124 Pedro, freedom that I use a windows mobile XDAII with hacked firmware freedom that I've never bought music from itunes or any other DRM restricted store (and yes I know you can buy DRM free tracks in itunes now) Here is a question for you though Pedro, does your plays-for-sure play for sure on your Zune? no.... didn't think so. "freedom, as in “be locked with at&t” freedom?" Any phone you buy in the UK via contract is 'locked' to a certain provider. One thing is damn sure though, they WILL NOT get away with what AT&T have done, for a start its white market legal to open a phone in the UK, you will still be under contract from the provider you signed up with, but after half of your contract is over you can phone them up and cut it down to £15 a month if you wished. I couldnt give a rats ass about itunes to be honest, ipods are nice but I'm in no hurry to buy one.... The iphone on the other hand? man you guys are getting shafted.... just get a winmobile HTC phone with GPS, wifi, HSDPA etc. I hate to say it but apple will need to put 3G minimal in the iphone before it will be a success in the UK, we are used to far better phone than that. #123 freedom, as in “be locked with at&t” freedom? or in “use only itunes” freedom?

#124
Pedro,
freedom that I use a windows mobile XDAII with hacked firmware
freedom that I’ve never bought music from itunes or any other DRM restricted store (and yes I know you can buy DRM free tracks in itunes now)

Here is a question for you though Pedro, does your plays-for-sure play for sure on your Zune? no…. didn’t think so.

“freedom, as in “be locked with at&t” freedom?”

Any phone you buy in the UK via contract is ‘locked’ to a certain provider. One thing is damn sure though, they WILL NOT get away with what AT&T have done, for a start its white market legal to open a phone in the UK, you will still be under contract from the provider you signed up with, but after half of your contract is over you can phone them up and cut it down to £15 a month if you wished.

I couldnt give a rats ass about itunes to be honest, ipods are nice but I’m in no hurry to buy one….

The iphone on the other hand? man you guys are getting shafted…. just get a winmobile HTC phone with GPS, wifi, HSDPA etc.

I hate to say it but apple will need to put 3G minimal in the iphone before it will be a success in the UK, we are used to far better phone than that.

]]> By: AZ http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762950 AZ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:55:46 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762950 How much does a genuine windows CD cost to produce anyway? How much does a genuine windows CD cost to produce anyway?

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762900 pedro Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:03:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762900 #131 I know about all those alternatives, but they're not advertised. I settled for winamp for my kid's oy!Pod suffer. Not to mention that this oy!tunes alternatives are not all compatible with all the different oy!Pod models #130The fact is, this is what MS does that people don't like. Shipping with automatic stuff turned on. not to mention the frown you see in Cupertino every time some oy!Tunes alternative goes out. They load customer made stuff, specially they one that makes people get away from their grip. They label them under "unsanctioned" software and throws the evil eye on them. So don't com telling me how sanctimonious mac is, specially on a thread were we're all kicking MS to death with good reason. You have no call in here, since, like a good'n loya macfan, you cannot see anything bad from steve god. Oh, and BTW, that link you show? forces you to install .net framework, talk about bloatware. #131 I know about all those alternatives, but they’re not advertised. I settled for winamp for my kid’s oy!Pod suffer. Not to mention that this oy!tunes alternatives are not all compatible with all the different oy!Pod models

#130The fact is, this is what MS does that people don’t like. Shipping with automatic stuff turned on. not to mention the frown you see in Cupertino every time some oy!Tunes alternative goes out. They load customer made stuff, specially they one that makes people get away from their grip. They label them under “unsanctioned” software and throws the evil eye on them.

So don’t com telling me how sanctimonious mac is, specially on a thread were we’re all kicking MS to death with good reason. You have no call in here, since, like a good’n loya macfan, you cannot see anything bad from steve god.

Oh, and BTW, that link you show? forces you to install .net framework, talk about bloatware.

]]> By: JoaoPT http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762812 JoaoPT Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762812 Or This: http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/ Or This:

http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/

]]> By: Lauren the Ghoti http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762773 Lauren the Ghoti Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:05:23 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762773 Here, T_Z, pedro. You guys apparently devote about 0.002 µS to a problem before throwing up your hands and bitching. Try <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35547" rel="nofollow">this.</a> Here, T_Z, pedro.

You guys apparently devote about 0.002 µS to a problem before throwing up your hands and bitching.

Try this.

]]> By: TIHZ_HO http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762743 TIHZ_HO Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:41:39 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762743 It was a Christmas present by the way from my wife...a good friend of ours has a Apple Mac, she told me later she laughs knowing now I get just as pissed of at Apple as she does... W...T...F?! There's one for the books! Cheers It was a Christmas present by the way from my wife…a good friend of ours has a Apple Mac, she told me later she laughs knowing now I get just as pissed of at Apple as she does… W…T…F?! There’s one for the books!

Cheers

]]> By: TIHZ_HO http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762737 TIHZ_HO Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:37:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762737 #125 I have a Nano - nice - but iTunes pisses me off to no end because unless I open up a iTunes account (and I why should I have too?) no album art. I put a in a CD and in seconds MS WMP 11 has the album art up. And MS is bad? They both have their issues, but Apple... Unless you drink the Apple cool-aid they sure do get people pissed off!! Cheers #125 I have a Nano – nice – but iTunes pisses me off to no end because unless I open up a iTunes account (and I why should I have too?) no album art. I put a in a CD and in seconds MS WMP 11 has the album art up. And MS is bad? They both have their issues, but Apple…

Unless you drink the Apple cool-aid they sure do get people pissed off!!

Cheers

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762706 pedro Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:01:17 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762706 #125 anyone who buys those overprized oy!Pods and oy!Phones #125 anyone who buys those overprized oy!Pods and oy!Phones

]]> By: Milo http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762662 Milo Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:15:56 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762662 #119 yes and yes. #119 yes and yes.

]]> By: Lauren the Ghoti http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762661 Lauren the Ghoti Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:14:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762661 Show me one person who has to "use only iTunes", pedro... ;) Show me one person who has to “use only iTunes”, pedro… ;)

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762658 pedro Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:09:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762658 #123 freedom, as in "be locked with at&t" freedom? or in "use only itunes" freedom? #123 freedom, as in “be locked with at&t” freedom? or in “use only itunes” freedom?

]]> By: Ian http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762616 Ian Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:22:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762616 no ECA, its 'freedom' :) no ECA,

its ‘freedom’ :)

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/08/25/all-windows-xp-vista-copies-are-invalid-until-tuesday/comment-page-3/#comment-762615 ECA Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:21:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13357#comment-762615 Ian, Is your last name, McIntosh?? Ian,
Is your last name, McIntosh??

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