Author Topic: Bill wants 149 dollars from me. (Read 1658 times)

alltherightpills · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:32:31 PM »

I kind of like how unassuming it is.

"You may be a victim of software counterfeiting"

instead of

"You stole a copy of our software either from one of your reprobate friends or from the internets. Give us the 150 dollars you owe us."

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:35:28 PM »

ha, yeah I shoulda posted this in humor

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:13:28 PM »

Busted. No updates for you.

DammitDan · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:47:12 PM »

Corporate License Keys FTW!

fuzzybutt · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:48:00 PM »

it happened to me about a month after i got the new laptop. i fought with both MS and Dell for 3 days before it was straightened out. actually buying the software is no guarantee that you wont get that message

mark · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2009, 11:04:58 PM »

just hoping he never sends a bill for all the $$$ I've lost on 'Vegas style' Solitaire.

oldbiker · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:01:03 AM »

I would be more cocerned if Bill didn't hoard money like the ocean hoards water.

Shenanigans · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2009, 06:06:04 AM »

I like how is says "ASK for genuine Microsoft software."

"Oh, I am sorry. You wanted GENUINE Microsoft software, let me check if we still have any"

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2009, 06:16:05 AM »

I just have to find another hack I guess... or go to apple, where the world spins the other way and everyone is smiling.

gregimotis · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:41:13 AM »

Quote from: Industrial Cafe on April 13, 2009, 06:16:05 AM

I just have to find another hack I guess... or go to apple, where the world spins the other way and everyone is smiling.

And paying twice as much.

City Boy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:44:43 AM »

Someone I know had a reimage done which sent the salesman away!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:12:18 AM »

I think i''ll just use it for now. the computer is dying as it is. and it works the same as it always has, I just wont get the latest ~~slowdowns~~ updates for my system.

my78k · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:16:52 AM »

What is Bill gonna do with a measly 149 anyways??? I am guessing he earned several times that in interest alone while I typed this!

Dennis

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:27:36 AM »

Feeed me Seymour!!!

Feeeeeeeeed Me!!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #15 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:40:14 AM »

I think it should read,

"You have not yet become a victim of the microsoft price gouging program, please click here for a page full of cryptic links and partially hidden buttons, in an effort to extort money from you.''

I will admit I didn't have the right version of windows when I put this computer together, it does have an authentic xp sticker on the bottom, but they wanted me to pay to get the software to go with that sticker.

I just downloaded some junk form the webbernet to get me going. and it worked for 3 years now. validated and everything.
I sold a couple of my old laptops on ebay with the same thing on them, I wonder if someone tried to do something lawful and screwed us all...

up yours bill gates.

GammaFlat · « **Reply #16 on:** April 14, 2009, 06:03:50 PM »

I'd love to tell you to go to some version of Linux. Unfortunately, you WILL find things you want to do that are not supported by Linux. My big gripe is when your hard drive fails and it's not enough that you need a new hard drive. You also get hoodwinked by MS. They often will NOT make good on the license you already paid for. This is especially true when you bought a machine that does not come with an operating system restore disk. The theory goes like this... Dell, or whoever, pays less for an O/S from Bill for a pre-installed version that does not have the "restorable" version.... so, there is no re-install path. grrrrrr.

The bottom line is that once you starting looking at replacing some hardware and your O/S or even when your O/S is invalid or missing, getting a refurbed or new computer is not that bad of a deal (if it has XP Pro installed). Check out www.tigerdirect.com (and there are others) for pretty good deals.

Geeto67 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2009, 11:46:40 AM »

I am having the same issue with the computer a$$ rape fairy...um...I mean microsoft.

In 2003 I bought a laptop from dell. It came with MS Office at the time. No complaints. Feb 2009 the laptop dies of old age and I buy another laptop from dell. I put my copy of office from the first laptop into the new laptop and I get that same message. It has been my copy the whole time, never out of my control and not installed on any other machine.

So far neither Dell not MS has been able to help me out so I might just have to shell out for a copy of MS office for my new computer. Sux!!!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2009, 11:55:33 AM »

sure does.

oldfett · « **Reply #19 on:** April 18, 2009, 01:50:39 AM »

Is this an OEM computer, such as a Dell, HP and so on, or is this a home built computer? Is there a license key somewhere on the computer? Location may depend on manufacturer... Judging by how clean everything is on the desktop and status bar this looks like a clean install.

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #20 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:08:57 AM »

its an IBM laptop I made out of 3 broken ones.
It's got a real version of windows XP professional classroom edition that you could put on multiple computers. guess too many people found it and used it. So bill put a stop to that. I have a hack that I can change the key- I tried using it to put the real key in, and it says INVALID.
I really don't mind that thing at the bottom of the screen, they should've made it full screen, always on top, and bright red.

oldfett · « **Reply #21 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:49:18 AM »

By "hack" I am again assuming again, wow I do that alot, that you are using magic jellybean keyfinder which is a great utility! It could be that your key has been activated one to many times, which is fine and normal. It really depends on the style of key how many times you can activate before it buzzes at you. Some are one or two activations some are indefinite. Put your real, valid, key in and try to activate, it will probably say invalid which is fine so select the validate by phone option. Chances are you will talk to a computer the whole time. Read off your activation code and confirm that it is installed on ONLY THIS computer. It or a person, if the computer can't activate which is again normal, will then read off an activation code which you type in and away you go with a valid Windows installation.

Now that I'm thinking about it yours might not be activating because it is an OEM copy and your rebuilt laptop does not match the OEM specs that go with the Windows Installation Copy. So in all reality it could be perfectly fine and under the activation limit just with a little problem.

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2009, 08:22:56 AM »

huh... If that doesn't work, then I'm going to make a video of me destroying the laptop.

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Author Topic: Bill wants 149 dollars from me. (Read 1658 times)

fuzzybutt