On 19/04/07, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly: > On 19/04/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dotan, my laptop dual-boots with XP. I have that set up to notify me of >> updates, but not install. I do recall seeing, however, that you can elect >> to >> download updates automatically and install later, though I've never tried >> that, since I like to read the description of the updates before letting >> them >> loose :-) >> >> Anne >> > > That is almost impossible in Israel. Software pirates are rampage > here, such that WGA assumes everything is pirate. I do believe that > it's area-specific, and with just reason. In any case, on my current > Dell I run a cracked XP in a VMWare VM because my legal XP disk won't > validate and the cracked one works fine! I've overcome the moral > reasons as I HAVE a legal licence. > > Automatic updates are the only way to update a cracked XP. As for my > (past) professor, I will suggest to him non-automatic updates. Untrue. Firstly, don't use a cracked XP, you're losing out on functionality and updates, you're only getting security critical updates. Secondly, if you have a valid copy of windows and it's not validating, sort it out! It's easy enough to do.
I only use the VM to backup my Dell Axim and test website layout in IE. I have no need for any more features. Ideally, I'll learn to integrate KitchenSync with KPIM and be done with that. IE I can test via IE4Linux (wine). I cannot sort out the validation issues as I'm running the OEM Windows in a VM, and Israeli MS doesn't deal with US-purchased products. I had the lappy sent here, and paid about half of what I would have paid in Israel. I stress that I am against software piracy and do not used pirated software. Nor do I have pirated music/movies. All my software and media are legal: a rarity in the middle east. The only iffy software is the cracked XP in the VM, and I stress that I have a valid, legal Windows licence and that the cracked XP installation is on the hardware that I purchased with the Windows license. Dell did not sell my model laptop without forcing the user to purchase Windows as well when I bought the machine (2006).
Thirdly, if you want, you can turn off the entire of windows update and BITS services, disabling automatic updates and just remember to go here: http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ in Firefox (not even any need for IE) to update windows
If I was interested in having an up-to-date installation I would. But I'm not. Thanks, though, I am familiar with the site. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/ntfs.html http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/why_are_internet_greeting_cards_dangerous.html
