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Slacker007 wrote: I am not ignoring arguments as I see certain people having issues "all the time" with Microsoft, no matter what they do, build, sell, etc...
Yup, even if they hardly know how to handle the mouse, they'll exclaim M$ makes crap. Then comes a look as if "knowledge" has been spread throughout the room.
Usually I explain how good the crap actually is; take the old MS-DOS manual, over 500+ pages of knowledge, and compare that to the manual that came with Windows 3.0. Compare the intimidating UI to the GUI, beautifully imposing a recognizable standard for simple things like a button. There has been an alternative sponsered by IBM and there is a free alternative, yet people were, and are, buying Windows!
I'd recommend reading theoldnewthing for some of the small wonders that the OS contains.
Slacker007 wrote: Sometimes I want to run for the hills, screaming "It really isn't this
difficult!"
So, you're not shouting that in the office yet?
There may still be hope then 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Me probably neither, or at least not as soon as it becomes available. Because I'm pretty sure Microsoft won't allow me to revert to Windows 7 if I deem Windows 10 in line with Vista and 8.
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Sascha Lefévre wrote: I'm pretty sure Microsoft won't allow me to revert to Windows 7
"FORMAT c:"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: "FORMAT c:"
Sure - I could just restore my Win7-Image. But if I ever had to re-install Win7 from scratch I'd fear I wouldn't be able to activate it again if I previously agreed to upgrade to Win 10.
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If it's on the same machine, I don't think it'll be a problem - enough people did it with Windows 8 after all! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I think it would revert OK, but you'd probably still get hit for monthly payments for Win 10, eighteen months down the line, when they suddenly reveal that they did mean to make it OS-as-a-service, after all.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I installed the crack the first time that nonsense happened. No trouble since.
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Cracking perfectly legal software seems the major solution nowadays to elephant off the new obnoxious anti-piracy mechanisms.
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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There used to be a time this was legal in my country... bloody european parliament...
Life's like a nose, you've got to get out of it whats in it!
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Oddly enough, I was looking at this earlier today (I'm using Windows VM's for IE testing - supplied from modern.ie, but they have a 30 day limit on them).
I read that this solution just gives you another 30 days and you can only use it twice though?
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: I read that this solution just gives you another 30 days and you can only use it twice though?
Dunno, did it on my own machine a while back. It did not start complaining after those 30 days probably because I also disabled "automatic updates" in one go.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Perhaps that's what triggers it off. My VMs are showing "not genuine" on the desktop background, but they're still allowing me to do testing.
Not sure how long they'll carry on for though
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Not sure how long they'll carry on for though
Don't bother activating Windows (and burning through your licenses) for your testing VMs. Google "rearm Windows" if you need to extend your "trial" period...
That is, extend your search a little...there's ways to keep extending it forever.
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Not much point in trying to find ways around it when you can download a new VM for free
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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If you're in the middle of some project, you'd rather keep using the VM that's expiring rather than restarting with a brand new one.
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It depends what you're using it for I guess. The ones from modern.ie are just for testing using older versions of IE, so most of the time it's only 10 minutes of inconvenience.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Ah, well there you go.
Generally speaking, I'm thinking in terms of setting up test environments that take hours to get "juuuuust right". Otherwise, yeah, nuke/copy over.
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dandy72 wrote: in terms of setting up test environments that take hours to get "juuuuust right"
In those cases, it's probably more cost effective to buy a copy of Windows (or use Azure or similar)
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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That extends the 30 day evaluation for another 30 days, up to a maximum of 120 days. Eventually, you'll still have to activate.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Sorry, but it did not. It has been more than 30 days ago[^], and it still is not complaining.
Go report it on connect if you feel it is a bug 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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slmgr -ato works better as it forces the activation process.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Same here. Bugger giving MS more private information than anyone who sells me a tool should ever have.
I suppose this means that we do actually have illegal versions, now, but I just don't give a damn, any more.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hello all,
This is the most important question I've ever wrote... 
I've just restarted the computer and I wanted to put music again, and of course I've found that I have to search again for the last song it was playing before restarting the computer.
Is it possible to make it remember what was playing before a restart?
Thank you all!
modified 10-Apr-15 7:55am.
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