Re-installing Windows

June 6, 2005 on 6:37 pm | In Life |

Today I decided to re-install Windows XP.

The installation itself was easy. It was done within 30 minutes.

But what followed was and still is horrible. :(
Windows Update is friggin slow, it’s been downloading a 40 MB file for a good 3 hours now. And it says “25 MB remaining”… *snore*

When I tried activating Windows, I couldn’t. It said the serial code was used too much already =/
I used my dad’s Windows Installation CD. When I tried to enter the serial code that came with my pre-manufactured PC, it said the code was invalid. So I decided to use my father’s key like I had done before.
So now I have to call Microsoft, give them an incredibly long series of numbers, they will return an incredibly long series of numbers, after which I should be able to activate the thing.

Or, if they protest, I have to explain it all to them, and hope that they believe me.

If only my games would run on Linux more easily. (and no, I’m not going to pay 5 bucks a month to use Cedega because it’s crap (and yes, I’ve actually tried it))

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  1. Seems to me it pretty sucks :P
    3 hours for a 40mb file which has’t even completed yet. Dude, go get a life instead of waiting for it, and leave it downloading while you sleep :)

    Why bloody call Mickeysoft? There are millions of key generators who safe you AAAALLL of this shit :P

    Comment by Kilian — June 6, 2005 #

  2. Hmm, my 56K connection could do 40MB in just under 4 hours, maybe quicker… :P

    Comment by Owen Rudge — June 6, 2005 #

  3. Woo, the download finished! :P
    Time to install some real software.

    Comment by GoneWacko — June 6, 2005 #

  4. Oh, and Kilian: Yes, that’s true.

    But if you’ve paid for the software anyhow, it can’t hurt to use it legally :p
    It’s just that Microsoft are idiots.

    Comment by GoneWacko — June 6, 2005 #

  5. Legally? Whats that? Sounds painful to me…

    Comment by Richard — June 8, 2005 #

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