XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

[Guest smackedass]

Hello,

 

Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be

SP1--Torrent?

 

In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the

disk.

 

Thanks,

 

smackedass

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

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smackedass wrote:

> Hello,

>

> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be

> SP1--Torrent?

>

> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the

> disk.

>

> Thanks,

>

> smackedass

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

I afraid SP1 is no longer in support and there are no legit MS sites

supporting it. You might be able to find the service pack in Windows

Downloads (archives) but not the entire OS. One source for XP SP1 cd's is

probably eBay, however I see no items listed today.

 

Microsoft does not provide a torrent.

 

"smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

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>

> Hello,

>

> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be

> SP1--Torrent?

>

> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the

> disk.

>

> Thanks,

>

> smackedass

[Guest Bob I]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=83e4e879-fa3a-48bf-ade5-023443e29d78&DisplayLang=en

 

smackedass wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to

> be SP1--Torrent?

>

> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost

> the disk.

>

> Thanks,

>

> smackedass

[Guest John O]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

 

"smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

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>

>

>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

>

> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not

> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

>

> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any

> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day,

> I must scream:

>

> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,

> no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method

> of making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than

> one machine?

 

One word: monopoly.

 

 

-John O

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?

Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

 

Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use

whatever operating system he wants.

 

"John O" <johnospamalot@lottaspamheathkit.com> wrote in message

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>

> "smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...

>>

>>

>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

>>

>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not

>> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

>>

>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any

>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full

>> day, I must scream:

>>

>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the

>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,

>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to

>> install it on more than one machine?

>

> One word: monopoly.

>

>

> -John O

>

[Guest Mister]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

My one word response to this: Semantics

 

 

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:39:22 -0700, "Colin Barnhorst"

<c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?

>Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

>

>Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use

>whatever operating system he wants.

>

>"John O" <johnospamalot@lottaspamheathkit.com> wrote in message

>news:RsbAj.8103$Mh2.2088@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...

>>

>> "smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

>> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...

>>>

>>>

>>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

>>>

>>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not

>>> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

>>>

>>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any

>>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full

>>> day, I must scream:

>>>

>>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the

>>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,

>>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to

>>> install it on more than one machine?

>>

>> One word: monopoly.

>>

>>

>> -John O

>>

[Guest John O]

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Ha-ha, that's funny. You might want to read up on your history of US

monopolies.

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?

> Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

>

> Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use

> whatever operating system he wants.

>

> "John O" <johnospamalot@lottaspamheathkit.com> wrote in message

> news:RsbAj.8103$Mh2.2088@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...

>>

>> "smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

>> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...

>>>

>>>

>>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

>>>

>>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but

>>> not the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

>>>

>>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any

>>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full

>>> day, I must scream:

>>>

>>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the

>>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,

>>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to

>>> install it on more than one machine?

>>

>> One word: monopoly.

>>

>>

>> -John O

>>

>

[Guest smackedass]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

>

> One word: monopoly

 

 

I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe that it

is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My point is,

once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it, the software

ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

 

sa

[Guest Alias]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

smackedass wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to

> be SP1--Torrent?

>

> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost

> the disk.

>

> Thanks,

>

> smackedass

 

You can use your product key with XP Pro SP2 even if your key came with

SP1. I've done it many times. Instead of downloading it, find someone

who has one, copy it, and use that.

 

Alias

[Guest Alias]

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John O wrote:

> "smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...

>>

>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not

>> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

>>

>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any

>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day,

>> I must scream:

>>

>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,

>> no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method

>> of making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than

>> one machine?

>

> One word: monopoly.

>

>

> -John O

>

>

 

More like a de facto monopoly but that's changing. Many people are

switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction with MS' so called

"anti piracy" programs that only serve to inconvenience paying customer.

Check Ubuntu out at http://www.ubuntu.com.

 

Alias

[Guest Alias]

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smackedass wrote:

>

>>

>> One word: monopoly

>

>

> I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe

> that it is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My

> point is, once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it,

> the software ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

>

> sa

 

You are incorrectly assuming that MS cares about their paying customers.

As WPA and WGA prove, the don't. In fact, the hold their paying

customers in total disdain.

 

Alias

[Guest PD43]

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Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction

> with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to

> inconvenience paying customer.

 

"Many"? Like HOW many?

 

Like a drop of water in the ocean.

[Guest PD43]

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Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>You are incorrectly assuming that MS cares about their paying customers.

>As WPA and WGA prove, the don't. In fact, the hold their paying

>customers in total disdain.

 

You're a moron.

[Guest Alias]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

PD43 wrote:

> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>

>> You are incorrectly assuming that MS cares about their paying customers.

>> As WPA and WGA prove, they don't. In fact, the hold their paying

>> customers in total disdain.

>

> You're a moron.

 

Wow, now there's an intelligent rebuttal. NOT!

 

Alias

[Guest Alias]

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PD43 wrote:

> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction

>> with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to

>> inconvenience paying customer.

>

> "Many"? Like HOW many?

>

> Like a drop of water in the ocean.

 

A million downloads a month is tad more than a "drop of water in the

ocean", chum.

 

Alias

 

http://www.ubuntu.com

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

You don't buy the software. You buy a license to use it. While microsoft

does in fact provide for download of some Windows versions now, they do not

provide a torrent. Why do you insist it be a torrent, anyway? MS uses an

FTP transfer, especially for files larger than 1GB and the transfers are

pretty fast.

 

"smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

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>

>>

>> One word: monopoly

>

>

> I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe that

> it is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My point

> is, once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it, the

> software ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

>

> sa

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

Going from 0.1 % to 0.2% is doubling the number, after all. :P

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction

>> with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to

>> inconvenience paying customer.

>

> "Many"? Like HOW many?

>

> Like a drop of water in the ocean.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

The ocean is many hundreds of millions of Windows users. In any case, by no

means are all the downloads by first-time users. Plenty of them are users

downloading the latest version of the software.

 

"Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message

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> PD43 wrote:

>> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction with

>>> MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to inconvenience

>>> paying customer.

>>

>> "Many"? Like HOW many?

>>

>> Like a drop of water in the ocean.

>

> A million downloads a month is tad more than a "drop of water in the

> ocean", chum.

>

> Alias

>

> http://www.ubuntu.com

[Guest Alias]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>

> You don't buy the software. You buy a license to use it. While

> microsoft does in fact provide for download of some Windows versions

> now, they do not provide a torrent. Why do you insist it be a torrent,

> anyway? MS uses an FTP transfer, especially for files larger than 1GB

> and the transfers are pretty fast.

 

Yeah, they sell licenses but all the stores list these "licenses" as

"software". Ye Olde Bait and Switch swindle comes to mind.

 

Alias

>

> "smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message

> news:NevAj.997$ox3.982@trndny04...

>>

>>>

>>> One word: monopoly

>>

>>

>> I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe

>> that it is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential.

>> My point is, once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove

>> it, the software ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or

>> not.

>>

>> sa

>

[Guest Alias]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> The ocean is many hundreds of millions of Windows users. In any case,

> by no means are all the downloads by first-time users. Plenty of them

> are users downloading the latest version of the software.

 

Compare this to what was happening to Linux five years ago (no downloads

to speak of) and perhaps you'll see the trend, although you'll probably

hold on to the past -- Microsoft -- like the generation before rock 'n'

roll held on to Perry Como.

 

Alias

>

> "Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eSyY6OSgIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> PD43 wrote:

>>> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction

>>>> with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to

>>>> inconvenience paying customer.

>>>

>>> "Many"? Like HOW many?

>>>

>>> Like a drop of water in the ocean.

>>

>> A million downloads a month is tad more than a "drop of water in the

>> ocean", chum.

>>

>> Alias

>>

>> http://www.ubuntu.com

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>Going from 0.1 % to 0.2% is doubling the number, after all. :P

 

It's more like .01% to .02%

 

Which is pretty close to "Alias's" IQ, come to think of it ;->

[Guest PD43]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>The ocean is many hundreds of millions of Windows users. In any case, by no

>means are all the downloads by first-time users. Plenty of them are users

>downloading the latest version of the software.

 

Trying to find a version that works.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

 

There are far more first-time Windows users per month than first-time Linux

users. The sheer size of the population turnover on this planet guarantees

that much.

 

"Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message

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> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>> The ocean is many hundreds of millions of Windows users. In any case, by

>> no means are all the downloads by first-time users. Plenty of them are

>> users downloading the latest version of the software.

>

> Compare this to what was happening to Linux five years ago (no downloads

> to speak of) and perhaps you'll see the trend, although you'll probably

> hold on to the past -- Microsoft -- like the generation before rock 'n'

> roll held on to Perry Como.

>

> Alias

>>

>> "Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eSyY6OSgIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> PD43 wrote:

>>>> Alias <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction

>>>>> with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to

>>>>> inconvenience paying customer.

>>>>

>>>> "Many"? Like HOW many?

>>>>

>>>> Like a drop of water in the ocean.

>>>

>>> A million downloads a month is tad more than a "drop of water in the

>>> ocean", chum.

>>>

>>> Alias

>>>

>>> http://www.ubuntu.com

>>

[Guest smackedass]

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"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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>

> You don't buy the software. You buy a license to use it. While microsoft

> does in fact provide for download of some Windows versions now, they do

> not provide a torrent. Why do you insist it be a torrent, anyway? MS

> uses an FTP transfer, especially for files larger than 1GB and the

> transfers are pretty fast.

 

I'm not demanding a torrent. I'm pleading for the ability to do something

that any enterprise interested in the proper implementation of good customer

service ought to. Whether you buy the software or buy the license, there's

no good reason why the software shouldn't be available, if you own the

license. Then, during the installation, when they ask for the code, you

enter the legal code; this should be the gauntlet to navigate to make the

copy legal. Then, you should have to authenticate it, to register the code,

and then everybody's happy. But apparently, you think that that's too much

to ask for. I do not.

 

sa