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Installing plugins would be a big deal for me ... I use a lot of them. Is Linux working on a way to make them easier to install?

^^^ sounds like a plan .... thanks

Well that actually clears things up then, doesn't it? A different point of view (mine) is that some people (not you of course) have come to expect non-essential amenities like computers (us old farts call them 'spoiled'), do not believe they should have to pay for them (us old farts call them 'irresponsible'), and do not accept the way the world works (us old farts call them 'immature'). Some people (not you of course) justify stealing, claiming "evil corporations" make "evil profits" by "taking advantage of us" and "charging exhorbitant prices," but in reality the way the world works

I don't think anyone had a just reason to call you a thief, but this isn't going to be completely legit and MS will likely not reactivate your license. The licenses issued through MSDN, Partner Program, Actions Packs, and most volume license programs are not transferable. You have to use them on company hardware for company purposes. You can't pass them out to your friends and family. Some of these license agreements are very strict. If your friend is a reseller then it's legit, but if he's just "in the biz" with a Partner Program or some other volume license agreement he can't pass out li

Thanks ..... will it give me an idea of what programs work with it. Can I play games with it?

How do you like it? What do you like about it and what don't you like about it? Windows box? A friend of mine does all the book editing .... I know nothing about writing ..... he has word .... can he still use word if I use OpenOffice? I bet OO is just as good as MSO. Are you using a different OS other than MS? If so how do you like it and what do you like about it? Thank you for your time.

For me it is a very disturbing and scary sign of the times. George Orwell's 1984. I am quite sensitive to it. Corporate profits are out weighing individuals rights and freedoms. Sometimes I feel I see that the emperor has no clothes and I'm the only one that can see. I heard about the P2P from my friend .... I never knew it exsisted until after the fact. In light of what corporations are doing to the working class it make it very difficult for me to sympathize. They have no problem taking advantance of us, but when it happen to them they are outraged. But like I said ..... another foru

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What is "ubuntu'? ..... so that means MS word won't work? Does Linux use something with the same format. I am writing a book and the publishers want's MS word. Thank you for your time.

I accept your apology .... I wouldn't ask someone to do something illegal. That's not my style. I'm just not happy with our current situation but like I said in the new thread that's another fourm .... it's obvious I have to call ..... from what shanenin posted I won't get hassled ... it's just the principle. I think you are right. I need to learn about another OS. I started a thread on the Linux fourm. I'm going to check into it. Thank you for your time.

I'm a type of person that doesn't like to be at the mercy of corporations. They are working to take away all our rights in favor of corporate profits. Anytime I can enpower myself to fight them I do. .... but that's another forum. I don't like what MS is doing and I think it may be a good idea to learn about another OS. Where do I start with Linux? I heard it isn't very user friendly but I'm not afraid to learn new computer stuff. Point me in the right direction and give me your feedback on Linux. Thank you for your time.

Like I said he legally purchase the keys and no he does not have installed copies on XP using the key he gave me. He got a special license with MS because he works on computers. He was given several keys with his license, and give one key per computer ... so my key is not being used on another computer. No one is trying to beat anything. If you don't have any help to offer go about your own business. I'm not here to waste my time with your accusations.

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Thanks I appreciate that. I didn't come here to be accused of stealing. I came here for help. I don't appreciate those that know nothing of my situation accusing me of stealing. I don't like what MS is doing because it's further proof that our rights are being tossed to the wayside in favor of corporate profits. I know they have a right to protect their product but not at the expense of my rights. If I have to go to MS I will but I don't like the idea of having to do it everytime I update my machine. That was my rant ..... Thank you for your time.

My friend legally purchase those keys thank you very much. .... and no I will not purchase another copy.

It won't reactive again I had to format the drive a couple of times and now it tell me I can't reactivate. This really pisses me off to have to go through this. Since that wpa isn't valid what can I do. I got this copy from a friend with several keys. I will call him to find out what the deal is, but I really hate the idea of having to go to microsoft to ask for more activations. No way in hell will I purchase another copy. What to do?

I replaced my hhd almost 60 days ago. I had to reinstall XP .... I put my old wpa.dbl and wpa. bak in while in safe mode and all was well. No activation prompt. Now all of a sudden XP says I need to activate in 6 days. I tried putting my old file back in while in safe mode but something keeps modifying the wpa.dbl file. What is going on? Where is it getting the info to modify the file? Can I get it to accept the old file again? Thanks

I would get TMPGenc and in the MPG Tools choose the simple demux. This will separate the video and audio streams. I would then recode to whatever file type you would like, mpg, avi, and etc.This should correct the sync or audio problems. Well not always but it has worked for me before..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can you provide a link to this program. Will I be able to get good information on how to run it? Thanks.

Doesn't anyone know how to carry out those instructions?

I used a bit torrent and got it from two different sources. The file can't be courrpted. It played with that VirtualDub software I found. I just would like to know how to do what they suggest so the audio and video are in sync again. The picture was great .... it just the sound was choppy at times and out of sync. Anyone knows what they are talking about in the instructions I posted? Thanks for your post.

Thanks for the bump and the welcome Ok ... I took part of the error message about the DirectShow and googled it. I found a link to a website. It was in Spanish and the translation was rough, but there was a link to some software call VirtualDub. I installed it then loaded up the file and got this message: "VirtualDub has detected an improper VBR and audio encoding in the source AVI file (audio stream1) The current preference is to rewrite the audio header with standard CBR values during processing for a better compatibility. This may introduce up to 3302ms of skew from the video stream. If

Aren't there any winamp techies on the fourm? Here is some added info ... I installed a XviD codec and Gspot sees it. I checked Gspot again and got these messages .... "The following codecs should both be capable of processing this format. -->XviD MPEG-4 Codec -->XviD MPEG-4 Video decoder Nonetheless, DirectShow is apparently NOT able to play this file (see "DirectShow Render" below.) No further information is available concerning the apparent discrepancy." "DirectShow was unable to render file. Following is the error it reported: 0x8004011:[unknown]" Any ideas? If I didn't mention it.

Hello .... My first post ..... heard about this fourm from the old tech tv site .... may it rest in peace. I'm trying to figure out why winamp won't play Real Time with Bill Maher file I downloaded. I have last week's show it didn't play at first as well, then I went to winamps site and looked at the troubleshooting section and found out about software (ffdshow)that was needed. I downloaded and installed it and the video played. This week's show won't play ... I downloaded from two different sources and I get the same results. I load the file and nothing happens. The ffshow that opens w