Legal Software Sucks Majorly

Posted by takua108 on May 13, 2006, 6:19 p.m.

So my ongoing war with Microsoft to get a valid license key continues. For those of you with no psychic powers to look into my past, here's what's already gone down between myself and Microsoft:

1.) I got a computer from this guy, Keith, and he installed a volume XP Pro on my computer. My dad paid money for it.

2.) Notice that Keith <i>installed Windows XP successfully</i>. Since I'm reasonably sure he didn't use a cracked WGA tool or whatever (he's a pro and owns a business), the key must have been valid at the time of installation.

3.) Further confirmation of this is that I got to have Windows updates for awhile now.

4.) I can assume that someone else that Keith sold a computer to leaked the key on the Internet.

5.) <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=399994&SiteID=25&mode=1" target=_blank>Here's the Microsoft WGA Forum topic I made about the fiasco.</a>

Now I'm off to church, and I'm angry as hell at Microsoft.

P.S. WGA= Windows Genuine Advantage, with their "advantage" being you get updates and such.

Comments

InTheDark 18 years, 6 months ago

WGA?

takua108 18 years, 6 months ago

Windows Genuine Advantage…guess I forgot to mention that in the post…oops. Haven't you updated your Windows XP recently?

InTheDark 18 years, 6 months ago

Nope, I dont up it lol

takua108 18 years, 6 months ago

…you should…

KaBob799 18 years, 6 months ago

For 3 months my computer was not valid for no reason (it had been before) then just earlier this week it was valid again 0.0

shad0w 18 years, 6 months ago

Good thing that I have psychic powers and didn't need to read the whole post. So tell me, where did the asteroid hit your neighbourhood exactly?

Josea 18 years, 6 months ago

Meh, who needs a legal key?

You can get a working one (pirated) easily, and it still works.

99% of the people here use cracked OSes

takua108 18 years, 6 months ago

I know…I've used them before. But, dammit, I (or, rather, my dad) paid good money for it! Plus, I'm a Microsoft whore, so that doesn't help either.

V 18 years, 6 months ago

this keith dude sounds like a total basterd. either buy a different key, or find that keith bitch and get him to cough up the money… OR ELSE!