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Offline Commander Maxillius

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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2006, 12:45:31 pm »
small college?  I know MSU will let you use a Mac so long as you can do what the classes need you to do, but they only can help you if you're stuck on Windows.
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2006, 01:45:50 pm »
Well, the link to remove the verification package has already been posted...Microsoft put that option in there for people like Dracho who regularly change around Hardware configurations.  See, they're not totally unreasonable.  An interesting site some of you might like is:


http://www.voicesforinnovation.org


(Disclosure Statement:  yeah, my company has a client named ATL, Advanced Technology Leadership, and y'all know what that means).
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #22 on: August 01, 2006, 02:40:45 pm »
Quote from: TheJudge on August 01, 2006, 01:45:50 pm
...  See, they're not totally unreasonable...

But still quite a bit so!
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #23 on: August 01, 2006, 04:48:50 pm »
Quote from: Commander Maxillius on August 01, 2006, 12:45:31 pm
small college?  I know MSU will let you use a Mac so long as you can do what the classes need you to do, but they only can help you if you're stuck on Windows.

Not small.  They have multiple campuses in town.  Just the typical idiocy of tying into one system and trying to force others to use it even when there is no need and as in this case an actual conflict with the course.
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2006, 10:17:28 pm »
ok, yeah, that's retarded.  You'd think there would be an anti-monopoly law that would apply there or something

but it's the same with math courses.  If you don't have a TI-83 you're on your own.
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #25 on: August 01, 2006, 10:31:01 pm »
HP-49G+ (or soon to come 50G) and HP-33S is much nicer to use than any TI...

... after you learn RPN (or RPL).

But after you do, you'll never want to stop using it.
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2006, 01:57:51 am »
Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on July 29, 2006, 10:38:34 pm
I hope you succeed.  I await the e-mail informing me of my rights in the class action suit.

As for Genuine Advantage Notification, I've religiously kept if off my computer, my kids' computers, and as many as I can at work.

Keep it off of Mine, my dad's laptop, and the desktop I'm putting together for him. (All legal).
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2006, 09:35:59 am »
Quote from: TheJudge on August 01, 2006, 01:45:50 pm
Well, the link to remove the verification package has already been posted...Microsoft put that option in there for people like Dracho who regularly change around Hardware configurations.  See, they're not totally unreasonable.  An interesting site some of you might like is:


http://www.voicesforinnovation.org


(Disclosure Statement:  yeah, my company has a client named ATL, Advanced Technology Leadership, and y'all know what that means).


I took it off the machine and now I can't run updates or patches, as it keeps wanting to reinstall the tool prior to allowing me on the update site.
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Re: Had to call Microsoft again tonight
« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2006, 01:48:09 pm »
But you should still be able to use automatic updates from Control Panel in Win XP.
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