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Skriven 2005-11-23 23:33:36 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 8372 av Rich (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Fair Use and MS Monopoly Tactics
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From: "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org>

I never attempt to justify breaking the law Rich, nor have I done so in this
case.  I leave the law breaking and justifications therefore to you and your
employer Microsoft, or does Microsoft your employer and you no longer seek to
justify breaking the anti-trust laws and RICO civil and criminal conspiracy
statutes for more than a decade.  Your employer steals BILLIONS through its
monopolistic practices and violations of anti-trust laws, and its no wonder
that a person of such low character and moral fiber as yourself fits right in
at the Redmond campus.

Before worrying about the spec of dust in my eye, worry about the lumbar yard
in yours.

Gary

"Rich" <@> wrote in message news:438527d2@w3.nls.net...
   It could be called fair use.  It could be called hang gliding.  Do you
typically attempt to justify breaking the law by making up names?

   And you should grow up and recognize your attempts at threats only make
you appear all the more a whiny brat.

Rich

  "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote in message
news:4384cba8$1@w3.nls.net...
  Yes it is legal if handled properly.  It would be called fair use, and no
I'm not worried about being disbarred.  Just like you aren't worried about
being fired for your public anti-customer hostile behavior that continues to
drive down the opinions of many tech people about your employer and its
products.  Given your employer's general reputation this kind of customer
norelations posting on your part is probably how you get a bigger raise.  So
why don't you go for the big bucks, and like I said if you think I'm doing
something wrong then have your general counsel email me a demand letter. Better
yet post it right here in binaries.  I waive any claim of privacy to the
content of a cease and desist demand letter from your general counsel's office
to me on the issue of wanting a method to turn the recovery console set command
*on* by testing the use of two files from an XP Pro box.  Just make a pdf out
of it and post it in binaries for the world to see what kind of petty bullshit
you and your employer are all about, or STFU.

  You could have avoided all this by just confirming the below information
as a regedit change, but that would have required a more customer centric
attitude on yours and your employer's part.

  What is it about gpedit.msc on XP Home that's got your undies all in a
knot?  Is that how MS cripples Pro into Home by adjusting some of the local
machine policies and deleting a few files?  I haven't said anything about
trying to turn XP Home into XP Pro, nor do I have the desire to waste my time
even considering such an endeavor.  I just want a recovery console, which XP
Home legally installed on my computer, to be able to access all files and
drives and floppys, instead of just two directories,  windows and the root
directory.

  Gary Britt


  BTW, to anybody wanting to run a useful recovery console on XP Home, make
sure you make the following setting in your registry *BEFORE* you need to use
the recovery console:


  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole]
  "SetCommand"=dword:00000001

  The above is from my win2K box.  I believe the SetCommand off or on value
is at the same location in XP, but you might want to verify that since I
haven't had a chance yet.

  I still have some unanswered questions and comments on XP from my original
post before Rich threadjacked me into his alternate reality.  So if anyone
cares to go back to my original post and reply to my comments and questions
there, it would be appreciated.

  Gary


  "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:4384bf00@w3.nls.net...
     So you don't have an unused Windows XP Professional license.  Do you
really think what you are proposing is legal.  Are you a lawyer?  Aren't you
concerned about being disbarred for ethical violations?

     Your complaining about the best buy offer price is whining.  If you
want something buy it.  If the cost is higher than the value to you then don't.
 You are free to use any of the many alternatives the very competitive market
makes available to you.  If you are unhappy with the cheaper lesser products
then complain to those folks that they don't make what you want.

  Rich


    "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote in message
news:4384878e$1@w3.nls.net...
    XP Pro is loaded on a computer my wife uses, and I try to avoid her
computer
    at all costs.  On the other hand she's never run or even heard of
    gpedit.msc.

    It wasn't compusa it was best buy, and complaining about your company's
    monopoly pricing isn't whining, just recognizing the facts.  If your
only
    point here is to demonstrate just how far downhill Microsoft has gone
over
    the years, well you continue to perform admirably.  If you don't have
    anything to add to the discussion that's content driven why don't you
just
    STFU.  If your employer feels violated by anything I've written then
have
    your general counsel email me a demand letter.  Otherwise, the old
format
    command is looking better and better.

    Gary

    "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:43847e54@w3.nls.net...
       If you have a valid Windows XP Professional license you should
install
    Windows XP Professional.  I'm surprised you say this after your earlier
    message whining about the price compusa quoted you.

    Rich

      "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote in message
    news:43841068$1@w3.nls.net...
      Yes it would be if I thought it was breaking the law.  I have valid
    licenses
      for XP Home and XP Pro.  Don't you have anything better to do than
worry
      about someone trying to have a workable recovery console on XP Home.
If a
      user attempts to have a safer environment from which to run your
products
      that's a problem for you and your company?  If your so worried about
    someone
      running gpedit.msc on XP Home so they can turn on the set commands in
the
      recovery console, you could just provide the proper value to set for
the
    one
      or two appropriate keys in the registry.

      As for your other question, XP Home is what came with the laptop, and
    except
      for a couple of things its good enough for now.  I have never used XP
on
    one
      of my computers.  I'm looking at it while considering how to handle
moving
      my licensed full retail copy of win2k over from my old laptop.  Your
    helpful
      interjection into this thread certainly makes me want to invest the
time
      learning to use your current OS versus just staying with Win2K or
going to
      Linux and running my Office 2K Apps under Linux.

      OH and thanks for answering my questions and trying to improve your
      company's image with its customers.  You're doing a great job.

      Gary


      "Rich" <@> wrote in message news:4384036b@w3.nls.net...
         Isn't it unwise for a lawyer to discuss his breaking the law in a
    public
      forum?

         If you want Windows XP Professional why didn't you buy Windows XP
      Professional?

      Rich

        "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote in message
      news:4383ec15$1@w3.nls.net...


        I think I've figured out how to hack the registry to get the set
command
        turned on in the recovery console so I can access everything when in
the
        recovery console.  I've found reference to a technique of bringing
over
      two
        files from an XP Pro machine and registering them with regsvr32 that
        supposedly allows the gpedit.msc console to run on XP Home.  Anybody
    done
        this before?

        Gary

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