Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
A hacked copy of Xp or Vista would work till you are ready to install upgrades. that is wjere it will come back and haunt you. Rainbow center copies are hacked ones.
Better yet, if you are in USA, find a freind who works in Microsoft. I got XP professional complete version (not just the UPGRADE one) for 34 dollars (Microsoft employees price) 
No I am not sharing it with you guys 
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
havenāt u heard āSharing is Caringā 
iām more interested in Vista
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have not you heard, āI dont careā
vista is same price
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:pagli: <--------------would this face make u change ur mind perhaps?
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
That $34 is not for the XP license, its the cost for the cd. Another way to get it so find someone in any corporate environment and get the Open License media from them. That version doesn't require any validation et al.
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
You should absolutely put in the request. There are patches for the upgrade checking issues. Ask Google if you donāt believe me 
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damn, that is an expensive CD then 
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^:rotfl:
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
:CareBear: i already have the validation tool so that should be no problemā¦hehe
i even have Vista but i dono how to make it bootable. Iāve tried all the tutorials and everything, i can just never make it properlyā¦
like a bootable would bring up the āpress any key to boot from cdā¦ā
never get that whenever i burn 
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Download this software, itāll do all the work for you:
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'press any key to boot from cd.......'
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even i get this msg...& then get scoldings from abbu cause my PC needs servicing quite frequently:(
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^ i restart my pc every 2 weeks or so!!!!
buntu gutsy...with a little layer of myth on it!!!
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
IMHO forget about Vista... It is a memory and CPU hog and other than eye-candy is no better than what they released as NT4.
Go for Linux, however, if you want to use your favourite Windows programs, then you had better stick with WinXP unless you really want to learn about Wine API to run Windows Apps under Linux. Either that or use alternate Office applications compiled for Linux.
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Thanks a bunch TBā¦
really appreciate it bro
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i tried tht thing....either it does not work...ya toh mujhey usey work karaana nahi aata... :(
sigh
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what thing sara?
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the link TB gave....
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ohh...well i haven't used it yet. so i couldn't tell you whether it works or not :)
what do u wanna do anyways?
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i tried tht thing....either it does not work...ya toh mujhey usey work karaana nahi aata... :( sigh
You're not looking for the "Any Key" are you? lol Just kidding
If you're in for the looks of Vista, might I suggest downloading the Vista Transformation Pack 8 for WinXP?
Re: Advice needed: XP or Vista (or free Linux?)
I did that and itās not quite the same 
Iām fine with my orginial XP 
Until i get better equipment, or upgrade my hardware, iāll stick to XP.