Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair

[The WosMan]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Big deal. If you cannot repair XP and must mess around with complete installation, why not just upgrading to Vista, while you're already at it.

AHAHAHA, about 2 or 3 years ago I had a friend that went through a bad month where he had to reinstall his legally bought copy of XP a few times due to some issues he had, one of them was his sister infected the PC with some hardcore virus, etc. He then built himself a new PC and he sold his other one so on his new PC he installed that copy of XP. Anyways he couldn't activate the copy of XP and had to call MS tech support and they asked him why he was installing that copy so many times in a month. He explained it to them but had it been me I would have said something in the way of "none of your f#$$ing business, I bought this software and I own it and I will reinstall it as many times as I want". Anyway, these tactics have led a person who used to somewhat like MS to not liking them very much.