VilleValoV Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Now before i get all the WAREZ WAREZ WAREZ post. Listen. Yes it was wrong on her behalf, and having a crooked Microsotf Local Rep for a Brother Dosent help but. Shes been scared straight. MS sent her an email and told her it was a prosicutable offence and that she can expect to have her OS shut down (this is what she tells me). True or not, she demands i come over tomorrow and Save all her info to disc. So she can LEGALLY BUY HER NEW OPERATING SYSTEM. I was just wondering, is there a program that can search for user created files(that could pick up quicken, Word Docs, Email Lists, etc.) And make my job easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Toxie Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I really don't know that such a beast exists. Your best bet, if the OS is locked down already, is to get a bootable CD. Make a Bart's PE before you go over or use one of the million Linux live CD's. Good luck man, and if your brother knowing sold a bootleg OS to his Granny you should kick his ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 and if your brother knowing sold a bootleg OS to his Granny you should kick his ass. I hope his brother didn't sell a bootleg copy of xp to his own grandmother! If he did then she must have screwed him over the previous x-mas: probably an ugly sweater or socks, either one would have sent me over the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VilleValoV Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 NO no no guys. HER BROTHER. my Uncle. Hes the Microsoft Rep of Savannah,GA. and it was a "hook up" She was never spousta Register it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 is that what we're calling it these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 If it does de-activate, you can just hook the drive into another machine and get the data from it that way. So thats not an imediate concern. As for getting windows back, obtain a licenced copy of windows and install that, or linux her if your feeling brave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 or you can use a bootdisc like BartP.E. or Knoppix, or the millions of other live distros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 NO no no guys. HER BROTHER. my Uncle. Hes the Microsoft Rep of Savannah,GA. and it was a "hook up" She was never spousta Register it. Ah, my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Is it impossible to 're-register' windows or something so that you don't need to completely reinstall to get it going again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 MS sent her an email and told her it was a prosicutable offence and that she can expect to have her OS shut down (this is what she tells me). You know, Windows' EULA says they can do that, but I question the legality of doing that (paticulaly in the UK). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 If she does buy a legal copy, just do a windows repair using the legal disk / cdkey... Hurrah! No data lost :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VilleValoV Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 Yea Barry, but they say during the setup, in lamens terms ...We cant gaurentee that all User Created Files are 100% safe from deletion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Yea Barry, but they say during the setup, in lamens terms ...We cant gaurentee that all User Created Files are 100% safe from deletion. Always back up just to be sure, of course. But it's a damn sight better than a full re-install. I've never had a file go missing in at least 100 windows repairs on various machines. If anyone has experienced file loss, I'd be interested to hear about it. Where were the file(s) etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I experianced file loss befor... I moved a exe from the my documents directory to the desctop, it had gone from the my documents directory but had not appared on the desktop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I have a MS windows disk, fully legal and holographic, printed by them. How would i get a genuine lisence key for it? Just call MS? Or Would they say "buy a copy"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I experianced file loss befor... I moved a exe from the my documents directory to the desctop, it had gone from the my documents directory but had not appared on the desktop... I thought he meant because of a Windows repair, although you would think moving a file would be less likely to cause data loss than reinstalling the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I experianced file loss befor... I moved a exe from the my documents directory to the desctop, it had gone from the my documents directory but had not appared on the desktop... I thought he meant because of a Windows repair, although you would think moving a file would be less likely to cause data loss than reinstalling the OS. I did mean file loss due to using the repair :roll: Always do a backup first, but a windows repair using a legal cd and key is far and away the easiest way of making the installation legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeR0BuG Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 She can go to microsoft.com and get a legal key for a very good discount.. she just has to enter in the "illegal" cd key or somthing like that and she gets like 100 bucks off a geniune copy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy© Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 If you had a few PC's this used to be the cheepest way to go... Microsoft Open License Program Shame your Gran cannot hold off until Vista Linux or Lindows, Firefox and Open Office, that is if Gran's not doing too much on the PC anyway Edit I think the Law is with MS on this one they will probably argue the same as the DVD manufactures in that you do not own the disc or it's contents you simply buy a license to use them -crazy and well Gran freely gave all her details to register Isn't it possiable to regedit and change the key? Yup: http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5034890.html didn't read through it all though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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