Edward

Money is tight these days and I'm buying a laptop off ebay. Its used
but the seller has alot of good feedback along with a warranty.

Once I get the thing, do I have to call up Microsoft and get that copy
of XP put in my name?

Shenan Stanley

Edward wrote:
> Money is tight these days and I'm buying a laptop off ebay. Its
> used but the seller has alot of good feedback along with a warranty.
>
> Once I get the thing, do I have to call up Microsoft and get that
> copy of XP put in my name?

No...
But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
scratch.

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Shenan Stanley

Edward wrote:
> Money is tight these days and I'm buying a laptop off ebay. Its
> used but the seller has alot of good feedback along with a warranty.
>
> Once I get the thing, do I have to call up Microsoft and get that
> copy of XP put in my name?

No...
But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
scratch.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

randommale9999@aol.com

> But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
> scratch.
>

Jsut curious as to why you should do this. And how would you if it
doesn't come with full CD.

thanks

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randommale9999@aol.com

> But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
> scratch.
>

Jsut curious as to why you should do this. And how would you if it
doesn't come with full CD.

thanks

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Ken Blake, MVP

On 20 May 2007 21:45:44 -0700, randommale9999@aol.com wrote:

>> But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
>> scratch.
>>
>
>Jsut curious as to why you should do this.


If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it would
be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the
computer has been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly,
what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I
wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone
else do either.


> And how would you if it
>doesn't come with full CD.


If you buy a computer that's been sold to you without any means of
reinstalling the operating system, first you don't have a valid
license to use that operating system, and second you are in a very
precarious position, since you never know when you may *have to* do
it.


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Ken Blake, MVP

On 20 May 2007 21:45:44 -0700, randommale9999@aol.com wrote:

>> But you should format and reinstall the OS and any applications from
>> scratch.
>>
>
>Jsut curious as to why you should do this.


If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it would
be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the
computer has been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly,
what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I
wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that anyone
else do either.


> And how would you if it
>doesn't come with full CD.


If you buy a computer that's been sold to you without any means of
reinstalling the operating system, first you don't have a valid
license to use that operating system, and second you are in a very
precarious position, since you never know when you may *have to* do
it.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Shenan Stanley

Edward wrote:
> ... and I always reformat about once a year.

I don't know if I agree with that. Baby with bathwater...

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Shenan Stanley

Edward wrote:
> ... and I always reformat about once a year.

I don't know if I agree with that. Baby with bathwater...

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

PD43

On May 23, 7:00 pm, Uncle Grumpy <unclegru...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> I've been running the SAME installation since January of 2002. It's
> now on its second machine.
>
> No reformats. No system repairs.

OOPS... except for the one I had to do when I pulled the HD outta the
old computer and put it into the new build.