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Re: OEM Windows XP Pro SP2c install problems ( OPK stuff etc)

#402
From: Mrs Smith
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:13
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:01:36 +1100, Kadaitcha Man wrote:

> "Mrs Smith" <Mrs.Smith@grossville.com> wrote in message 
> news:fqvjpm$h6g$1@aioe.org...
>> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:30:49 +1100, Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>>
>>> "Hoots" <ratty_dew@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:hQGAj.4336$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!
> 
> Psst! You're a fuckwit. I wanted to find out who read my posts.

How crude!  And what a big lie!
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From: Mrs Smith <Mrs.Smith@grossville.com>
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Subject: Re: OEM Windows XP Pro SP2c install problems ( OPK stuff etc)
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