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Re: [LUG] The only Linux User In The Village - not any more !

 

Brillaint!!

On 27/01/07, viv <viv.griffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To my knowledge, we are the only Linux users in our village
> (Sticklepath, West Devon). However, a friend of ours who runs the
> village shop has asked us to re-install his laptop. He bought it
> installed with Windows XP which is now claiming itself to be an illegal
> copy and he can no longer use his laptop. I am not sure what the problem
> is exactly but,

Sounds like Windows Genuine Advantage has taken another victim. I've
seen articles lately saying that 1 in 4 windows users have been
accused of using a non-genuine copy!! With Vista coming out on Tuesday
I'm sure we'll see even more people switching with all the DRM locking
people down from enjoying the media they've purhcased.

 Jon

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