Comments on: Why some people get Windows CDs and some don’t http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894&cpage=1#comment-93304 Tom Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:19:32 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=894#comment-93304 Well I'm having an issue with HP and trying to get the correct Recovery Media for an old, 2001, laptop my cousin owns. She just uses it for e-mailing, nothing big, and ended up with a virus. Now this is the first time she's had to do a system restore and incidentally found that the recovery media is not for her system, confirmed by HP their parts department. However they have discontinued the production of the recovery media, which I understand, but will not provide her with a Windows XP Home edition CD. This is the OS that came pre-installed with the system and she has the cd-key stuck to the bottom of the laptop, so I don't understand the issue. They're saying she will have to go out and purchase a retail version of Windows even though they admit it was their mistake by including the wrong media. Any suggestions on how I can get HP to give us the Microsoft OS? Well I’m having an issue with HP and trying to get the correct Recovery Media for an old, 2001, laptop my cousin owns. She just uses it for e-mailing, nothing big, and ended up with a virus. Now this is the first time she’s had to do a system restore and incidentally found that the recovery media is not for her system, confirmed by HP their parts department. However they have discontinued the production of the recovery media, which I understand, but will not provide her with a Windows XP Home edition CD. This is the OS that came pre-installed with the system and she has the cd-key stuck to the bottom of the laptop, so I don’t understand the issue. They’re saying she will have to go out and purchase a retail version of Windows even though they admit it was their mistake by including the wrong media. Any suggestions on how I can get HP to give us the Microsoft OS?

]]> By: Jo http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894&cpage=1#comment-89880 Jo Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:48:18 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=894#comment-89880 David Nadeau, your a moron, who would have known you couldnt put more than 700mb on a blank cdr(or more with overburning)? maybe you need a good dose of common sense. David Nadeau, your a moron, who would have known you couldnt put more than 700mb on a blank cdr(or more with overburning)? maybe you need a good dose of common sense.

]]> By: Wes McGee http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894&cpage=1#comment-2210 Wes McGee Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=894#comment-2210 But if Microsoft places important system recovery tools on the install CD, why allow OEMs to skimp on this? But if Microsoft places important system recovery tools on the install CD, why allow OEMs to skimp on this?

]]> By: David Nadeau http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894&cpage=1#comment-2211 David Nadeau Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=894#comment-2211 I've just read it and found out that it's only for U.S. Since I got my computer form HP, I tried to make a copy of the recovery onto a CD. It stopped after the second CD was made. I needed 7 CDs for it. I tried to do it again and it said I couldn't process any further.I got ahold of HP and they said I could get it from them but it would cost me and the only way to pay for it was by credit card, of which I don't have one. So Sad I will not be buying anything else for HP. I’ve just read it and found out that it’s only for U.S. Since I got my computer form HP, I tried to make a copy of the recovery onto a CD. It stopped after the second CD was made. I needed 7 CDs for it. I tried to do it again and it said I couldn’t process any further.I got ahold of HP and they said I could get it from them but it would cost me and the only way to pay for it was by credit card, of which I don’t have one. So Sad
I will not be buying anything else for HP.

]]> By: Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=894&cpage=1#comment-2212 Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=894#comment-2212 <strong>Some Interesting Info In The War On CRAPWARE</strong> A couple of interesting posts from other bloggers regarding the Global War on CRAPWARE (or should that be the Global Struggle against CRAPWARE?). Ed Bott has a fascinating post about why some OEM’s distribute XP CD’s and the rest (read Some Interesting Info In The War On CRAPWARE

A couple of interesting posts from other bloggers regarding the Global War on CRAPWARE (or should that be the Global Struggle against CRAPWARE?). Ed Bott has a fascinating post about why some OEM’s distribute XP CD’s and the rest (read

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