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"secret00agent00man" wrote in message ... well then, i shouldnt be in trouble when i say i use my pirate Windows ME virtual machine for light internet browsing and exploring dangerous sites before i check them out with my host computer, or another win2000 vm. No, you shouldn't be. Whether you will be or not is another matter, and depends how you define 'trouble'. Just as it is human nature to pick up that which is left unattended, it is also human nature to snitch. And lawyers are quite a different breed anyway! But even they usually have enough intelligence not to waste time and money on an action that has no virtue beyond demonstrating the alleged length of their...well, you know (one suspects that they - and the people who employ them - are the ones all that spam is aimed at)... Pogle |
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"Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message ... I mean 'Pogle' Too late for that, Arturo/S****! But I like your arguments, they are fun and interesting to read and one can actually learn from them, if so inclined. I am sure glad for you to be around. Don't make yourself too scarce. Harry. PSW "Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message ... "secret00agent00man" wrote in message ... no im not saying its necesarily ok, but could microsoft think about it, or at least make the punishments less harsh to the unactive products in the support line Windows 'piracy' is meaningless pre-WPA. The only people who are concerned about it are those who have been hypnotised by the industry into echoing it's mantra, and those who always were unable to seperate reality from reactionary fantasy. When you make a product absurdly simple to copy and then insist people read some mind-numbing legal diatribe in which, if they are that sad, they will see an appeal to give their word not to copy it, and the product is copied willy-nilly as per universal human nature, in the hard world of business (in which you firmly stake your patch by using the mind numbing legal diatribe) it is your fault for being incredibly naive or optimistic or maybe just plain lazy. What actually matters is that, as you say, the OS is full of security holes. It is also severely limited stability-wise (compared with XP and later). Microsoft are not suffering by people using copied Win ME discs - because they no longer sell it; nor are they losing out on sales of Vista because 9x is readily available gratis, because no-one who would buy Vista would use 9x instead 'because it is free', and no-one who would use 9x because they prefer it has any interest in using Vista. There are two types of 9x users. Those who can't afford any operating system - so it's 9x or nothing (or Linux, which they probably won't understand), and those who are interested in old, historic, versions of operating systems. Both arguments against allowing these are - apart from the one about making the entire internet a more insecure place for the rest of us; but it is a fairly contrived one these days - based on greed, and supported by a mean, rigid, bigoted, authoritarian mindset that believes in upholding the decrees of the rich and powerful absolutely regardless of merit (on either side). Arturo |
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ok then. big words i have trouble reading, but i still see the general
meaning of your post. (microsoft also has bigger problems like xp and vista pirating vs some unused os too) by the way, i was downloading some stuff with IE6 and i unchecked the box "ask what i want to do for this type of file" in Windows ME and it gave options like open and save and so on. so now when i try to download from that website again it automatically acts as if i want the program to run and i have to download by right clicking, save link as... and that gets annoying. how do i get that original box asking what i want to do again? i repeat, this is on my Windows ME virtual machine using internet explorer 6. |
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Haven't seen this before.
Are we witnessing the reincarnation of 'Shane'? If everyone in this group has decided I am this 'Shane'... If so, you are totally 'off base' in this instance, and even if you were not him. A 'little more' objectivity is recommended. You responded to my response, not the OPs, thus telling him to try eBay reads as argumentative. Pogle S. |
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wrote in message ... On Aug 12, 11:57�pm, "Arturo Seis" wrote: webster72n wrote: "Arturo Seis" wrote in message ... Anson Einstein wrote: I am trying to setup multiple computers with every version of Windows from Win 3.1 on. Is it possible to obtain a Windows ME installation disk? Any info would be really helpful. Send me an email address: � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �http://www.ebay.com/. I see the concept of charity is lost on you. Or is it that you don't know enough to know that what matters alleged 'software piracy'-wise is the key, not the installation files? Or is it that you're such a sad fux0r that you can't bear the thought of an all-but-worthless years-out-of-date electronic-related product going for a song, because to you it's a status symbol? I have a 5400rpm 30 gigabyte Maxtor hdd sitting around here I've been trying to give away rather than throw away. It was once worth thousands of pesetas, now it is worth nothing, except to a maroon. Should I throw it away rather than give it away, because a bunch of sad sax still use them and haven't cottoned on to their actual worth, and desperately want to maintain the illusion of an age of craftsmanship long gone whereby the value of consumer goods does not drop like the proverbial? Though I believe that was *before* the age of electrickery. 'New' on ebay? Microsoft stopped selling Windows Millennium Edition years ago. Perhaps you mean 'unused'. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows ME years ago - it is a liability now because the vulnerabilities don't get rectified anymore. The only intelligent use of any Windows 9x system today is as a working museum piece. XP was released seven years ago and soon even that will no longer be supported. If there's one thing worse than a gullibull it's one who snorts his acquired ignorance at others. Arturo The OP asks for an "installation disk", not "installation files". Arturo: He may have said that but it is not necessary, therefore...case in point, Microsoft now sell Vista and Server2008 (to name but two) as downloads. My NOD32 was purchased by download or you can pay extra for a disc if desired, but why bother? The stated reason he asked for said "disk" with which to accomplish implies that he is not seeking an original Win ME cd, just the files. And if one were to be literal as opposed to intuitive about it, one would have to suppose that he wanted something other than optical media anyway. But probably the most pertinent fact is that I was offering the OP a Win ME cd that comes with a key, for the price of postage and packaging - an offer I've previously made here but had no takers for, as well as one for a boxed copy of XP Home that I offered to webster72n for the price of postage and packaging but he didn't take up. So when he replies to my post, repeating the eBay advice, he is making an unmistakeable point and that is what I responded to. I did not actually mention in my response - to either of them - that I was going to offer to post a cd of WinME, with product key, for the cost of shipping only, because it is not required. What is required is for others not to jump to uncharitable conclusions. Yes, one can buy "new" stuff on e-Bay. Meaning unopened. I'm sure that will come as a surprise to you but the value of an object has nothing to do with the opinion you might have of it, no matter how "intelligent" it might be. LOL. Some museum pieces can fetch quite a good price by the way. Arturo: Yes, I've done the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Pompidon't. And used Millennium Edition since 2000. But, you know, there's only one Mona Lisa (not counting forgeries). And I've repaired, maintained and restored motorcycles - mostly classic, but not entirely. The Triumph Twins are worth a lot. Ten year old Japanese machines are comparatively worthless. That's supply and demand for you! And what's a "maroon"? Arturo: My thanks go to Heirloom for answering that one! It's also where the 'Gullibull' comes from. Pogle |
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"webster72n" wrote in message ... "Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message ... I mean 'Pogle' Too late for that, Arturo/S****! But I like your arguments, they are fun and interesting to read and one can actually learn from them, if so inclined. I am sure glad for you to be around. Don't make yourself too scarce. I only come here when I boot Server2008, Harry. For a while I did so when booting Win ME, but I don't run it anymore. Apparently I am Arturo again. Arturo |
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You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my
those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion. I no longer have Win ME available and off the top of my head can't think of the answer to that one - it is several years since I saw that problem come up! However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have you tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System Restore - though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC because i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error - assuming you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your VHDs up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis, certainly at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But if you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution. When I'll be back here, I don't know. But if I am able to help, I will need to know what file type you're talking about. Arturo AKA Pogle "secret00agent00man" wrote in message ... ok then. big words i have trouble reading, but i still see the general meaning of your post. (microsoft also has bigger problems like xp and vista pirating vs some unused os too) by the way, i was downloading some stuff with IE6 and i unchecked the box "ask what i want to do for this type of file" in Windows ME and it gave options like open and save and so on. so now when i try to download from that website again it automatically acts as if i want the program to run and i have to download by right clicking, save link as... and that gets annoying. how do i get that original box asking what i want to do again? i repeat, this is on my Windows ME virtual machine using internet explorer 6. |
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You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion. will do. However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have you tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System Restore - though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC because i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error - assuming you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your VHDs up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis, certainly at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But if you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution. i run my vms like real computers, so no undo disks, i did this about 4 days ago, it was for torrent files, no registry backups, and i did look at system restore with no luck of a restore point. as long as it doesnt do this autoo download thing to other files, i dont care really, because downloading torrents is too much for WinME considering i only gave it an 8.5 gb hdd |
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"secret00agent00man" wrote in message ... You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion. will do. However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have you tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System Restore - though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC because i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error - assuming you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your VHDs up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis, certainly at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But if you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution. i run my vms like real computers, so no undo disks, i did this about 4 days ago, it was for torrent files, no registry backups, and i did look at system restore with no luck of a restore point. as long as it doesnt do this autoo download thing to other files, i dont care really, because downloading torrents is too much for WinME considering i only gave it an 8.5 gb hdd No registry backups? You should have five, at least one of which is older than 4 days. Are you saying you've run SCANREG /RESTORE and it does not give you those options? Otherwise, if the file type is .torrent, I would uninstall the BitTorrent client, reboot, then either reinstall it or search the registry for the word 'torrent' and delete all instances I found of it, then reinstall it. Arturo |
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what the heck. its just got to be a small deal of enabling or disabling a
feature within WinME or IE6. besides like i said, i dont use the bittorent client on the vm because i only have an 8.5 gb hdd with it. i was just downlading torrents for my main system. nothing big, really. it doesnt bother me that much. and if you WANT to help me, like REALLY WANT to help me, feel free, but show me how to do whatever (only if you feel like it) |
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