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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:30:49 +1100, Kadaitcha Man wrote:

> "Hoots" <ratty_dew@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:hQGAj.4336$r76.25@bignews8.bellsouth.net...
>> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>>> "bman" <brianhubley001@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9d5bd3a2-6265-41ae-a08e-ef190b2c532d@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>>> I have a legal purchased from Microsoft OEM windows xp Pro SP2c. I
>>>> can not install, i have done computer stuff for quite a while. I will
>>>> try and break this down with a short list so someone will hopefully
>>>> be able to help me:
>>>>
>>>> 1. CD won't boot on my custom machine (no os boot message) However it
>>>> will boot on a thinkpad.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Used BartPE to execute the startup file, NO GO once the key is
>>>> entered setup begins throws me back to setup screen.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Looking on the package windows OPK (OEM Pre Installation Kit) is
>>>> mentioned for installing but i am not a MSFT partner so i can't
>>>> download it. I could sign up company etc etc jump threw more hoops
>>>> and might still not work, i don't know OPK.
>>>>
>>>> I am about ready to forget the whole thing and throw Ubuntu back on
>>>> my desktop and buy a used laptop which is cheaper then buying Windows
>>>> XP retail.
>>>
>>> Go for it. At least the posters in aow-xp won't have to put up with
>>> your fucking whining.
>>>
>>>
>> You can't find entertainment like this just anywhere.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that if the OEM CD boots on one machine
> but not on another then the problem is not necessarily with the OS.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that if the OEM CD boots on one machine
> but not on another then the problem may be the equipment you're trying
> to install it on.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that if the OEM CD boots on one machine
> but not on another then the problem may be the equipment you're trying
> to install it on yet you failed to post the specifications of said
> equipment.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that if the OEM CD boots on one machine
> but not on another then the problem may be that OEM CD is BIOS locked
> for the ThinkPad yet you failed to post any distinction of that point.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to even to say who the OEM is.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that if you have an OEM CD that isn't
> BIOS locked then you should take the matter up with the OEM.
> 
> You claimed to have "have done computer stuff for quite a while" yet you
> are too fucking dense to realise that Microsoft do not sell OEM CDs
> therefore the statement "I have a legal purchased from Microsoft OEM
> windows xp Pro SP2c" is provably false.
> 
> I can nominate many more of your fuckwitted failures but I'm assuming
> you'll get the general idea. The point is, people who claim to "have
> done computer stuff for quite a while" and miss out vital points like
> those enumerated above will continue to miss out vital points during the
> troubleshooting process, which means it is a totally futile exercise to
> even bother with your scatterbrained approach to specifying vital detail
> because you will not truthfully answer any person who is willing to help
> you. Old habits die hard, hey.
> 
> You have two choices. Fuck off to 24hoursupport.helpdesk or install
> Ubuntu as you threatened.
> 
> I recommend you install Ubuntu because the cunts in
> 24hoursupport.helpdesk will do to you what you would do to the posters
> in this group who might have been willing to help you save for your
> bullshit "I'll pretend I'm a technical type person to save myself some
> embarrasment" post.
> 
> HTH & HAND

Psst!  You replied to the wrong person, Mr Kadaitcha Man.  How
embarrassing!