The licensing issue has been a bone of contention for years. "Windows Genuine Advantage" gathers more information than they admit, and goes deeper into the kernal than is warrented to keep microsoft's license intact. Unfortunately, since they own the software and you are just renting it (Read the EULA) they have every right to do it.
Your hardware issues are another story. Microsoft made the hardware API's available to the manufcturers two years ago so the could write the drivers. Very few of them made the effort - this one is not on Bill Gates.
Addendum - Dell did make XP available again, but only on the low end machines. If you want it on the higher end models, you have to get on the phone to them and beg - it's not an option on the web order form.
Re: Giving up on Vista
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The licensing issue has been a bone of contention for years. "Windows Genuine Advantage" gathers more information than they admit, and goes deeper into the kernal than is warrented to keep microsoft's license intact. Unfortunately, since they own the software and you are just renting it (Read the EULA) they have every right to do it.
Your hardware issues are another story. Microsoft made the hardware API's available to the manufcturers two years ago so the could write the drivers. Very few of them made the effort - this one is not on Bill Gates.
Addendum - Dell did make XP available again, but only on the low end machines. If you want it on the higher end models, you have to get on the phone to them and beg - it's not an option on the web order form.
Your hardware issues are another story. Microsoft made the hardware API's available to the manufcturers two years ago so the could write the drivers. Very few of them made the effort - this one is not on Bill Gates.
Addendum - Dell did make XP available again, but only on the low end machines. If you want it on the higher end models, you have to get on the phone to them and beg - it's not an option on the web order form.
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Where once We the People held capitalism’s leash, now we wear the collar.
Where once We the People held capitalism’s leash, now we wear the collar.
