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, 11 months ago

WGA?

takua108 18 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

Nope, I dont up it lol

takua108 18 years, 11 months ago

…you should…

KaBob799 18 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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!