Recent content by ralf234446

Sabotaging and re-shrink wraping it is possible, or it being a fake version with things like malware and remote desktop turned on like I read has been done with like hundreds of thousands of copies in the past. The same can be said for basically anything you hook to your computer that can have...

I don't need the added features in Pro. 64-bit OEM's fine. Is this the right item? http://www.frys.com/product/7877319?source=googleps&gclid=CLyRpbGw4bsCFaxr7Aod12IAag How about these...

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got some info here http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-security/is-it-easier-to-accidentally-share-things-with/d1c237ed-082c-423f-8c32-465d32a5ba4c

I'm going to spend the extra $3 and get the $8 combo with the power supply like the one you lsay you USAFrat suggested. All the youtube videos I watched with these adpters, everyone uses the power adpter instead of the PSU and doesn't mention that you could just use the PSU if you open the case...

yeah i can get the whole kit like you linked but trying to save a few bucks by using existing PSU power and a spare SATA cable if it is possible? Also, the SATA is a full-size desktop one, not the laptop smaller one that can be powered by the adapters I'm seeing that have two usbs and one...

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I don't need to buy an adapter that also has a power brick to supply power to the SATA if I can borrow power from the PSU like the DVD rom's power supply, right? And If I have a spare cable that's just SATA on both sides, then I could just buy the $3 thing I linked and use the PSU power and the...

I heard back from MS. I basically copy pasted my OP here to them. They only replied with a generic copy paste about product keys that was no help. their email had a link to ask further ?s because it was a do-not-reply email, but the link was invalid. I guess I'll get W8 to save $100, but still...

I'd rather not swap them out and hope it works or change anything in BIOS I'm not familiar with. I'd rather use the $3 ebay part (plus the'd need a spare SATA cable if they're transfering the files to the SATA they're already using and thus can't use that cable?). I can mail it to them and save...

someone gave me their old computer. They have a SATA HDD and the data can only be read with the mobo they gave me. Since I installed my own version on windows on the mobo, would the mobo even read their HDD anymore? Either way, I read I could just use a USB to HDD adapter to read the data off...

you mean change the W 8 interface use classic shell, not change W7, but anyway, thanks, I'll consider than if I end up with W 8.1. If I'm reading you second paragraph right, it means I shouldn't consider tricking W7 OEM to install on a different mobo as stealing? thanks

W8 is slightly faster and more secure with a few other benefits, but I probably won't notice. W8 UI looks like an April fools joke but it should eventually become second nature. W8 metro App thing is all/mostly force-fed bloatware that I can hopefully remove after every format to save CPU usage...

^ you're right, it doesn't. OEM 8 or 8.1 is allowed to be transfered to upgraded mobos. Here's a duplicate of this thread with more info...

Hi, sorry long I'm reading that windows 7 Retail can be installed infinite times on as many different motherbaords (mobos) as I want as long as only 1 is online at a time. Some say it can only be installed 10 times. I read that people sometimes try to reinstall Win 7 Retail and get blocked...