Microsoft Sues Comet Over Windows 'Piracy'

Pikeyp

Perhaps this is why Comet were sold off for £2 just before Xmas , bargain ... not!!

Anglo-French electrical goods retailer Kesa has announced plans to sell off its troubled UK-based Comet stores to a private equity firm for just £2.
The buyer is a group of companies under the name "Hailey" advised by retailer turnaround specialists OpCapita.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15650763

The_Safordian

TakeThis wrote: »

The lack of Recovery discs are due to people ignoring the option to make them when suggested to do so.
All of the laptops I have purchased have either come with Recovery Discs or given me the option to make them.

Do you have any I.T background because I can tell you a fresh install is far better than a recovery

bod1467

In many cases a recovery IS a fresh install - the HDD gets wiped and a backup of the OS/system (from the recovery disk) is put on.

[Deleted User]

The_Safordian wrote: »

It was a third party that were copying them even though it was for Comet.

If you need to reinstall Windows because of a virus or its just currupt what are you supposed to do without a copy of the OEM

Use a copy of the recovery media you should have been prompted to make or the OEM will provide you with physical media at a cost.

debitcardmayhem

The_Safordian wrote: »

Ok I'll ask again, was I wrong to download XP OEM so I could format my Netbook and then use my genuine XP Licence to register it because I didn't have a copy due to M$ not giving them out

Cutting out the relevant point I made in your quote does not work as I said
"Surely you are missing the point, Microsoft don't sell PC's, and because you buy a PC with Windows installed , M'soft don't install it (and also they sell it very cheap to OEMs , but not Comet ) When you get a PC with Windows on it M'Soft give you the tools to make a rescue and also a recovery disc (eg Full Backup) , for you to bypass the need to ask for recovery discs. ....snipped ^^^^"

The_Safordian

anewhope wrote: »

Use a copy of the recovery media you should have been prompted to make or the OEM will provide you with physical media at a cost.

Never had one but being an I.T professional I preferred putting the fresh install on anyway and this is what the serial is for

texranger

lcharm wrote: »

One thing I'd like to understand though, if Microsoft were not offering recovery discs, how r u supposed to install it again in the event you need a fresh install?

when was the last time you installed windows?

since 2007 Micrsoft have not provided a windows recovery disc, when happens is when you install windows you are asked if you want to create a recover disc.
even so before that the recovery disc was FREE with PCs/Laptops, and even now all you need is a blank cd (20p) to make a recovery disc.

The_Safordian

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Cutting out the relevant point I made in your quote does not work as I said
"Surely you are missing the point, Microsoft don't sell PC's, and because you buy a PC with Windows installed , M'soft don't install it (and also they sell it very cheap to OEMs , but not Comet ) When you get a PC with Windows on it M'Soft give you the tools to make a rescue and also a recovery disc (eg Full Backup) , for you to bypass the need to ask for recovery discs. ....snipped ^^^^"

And because the OS is already installed its a OEM serial which is only available for new installs

The_Safordian

texranger wrote: »

when was the last time you installed windows?

On my own machines every six months

debitcardmayhem

The_Safordian wrote: »

Ok I'll ask again, was I wrong to download XP OEM so I could format my Netbook and then use my genuine XP Licence to register it because I didn't have a copy due to M$ not giving them out

Of course you should download a copy of the OEM disks , but when did Microsoft supply

1) OEM Disks for any PC
2) Any Disks for use on a Netbook

oh and when did "netbooks" come with cd drives / dvd drives?

As you point out you are an I.T. professional, you got me there, I ain't now but I suppose I forgot all I ever knew in my last two years , what a waste of 27 years