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Hello,

Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be
SP1--Torrent?

In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the
disk.

Thanks,

smackedass

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smackedass wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be
> SP1--Torrent?
>
> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the
> disk.
>
> Thanks,
>
> smackedass

I afraid SP1 is no longer in support and there are no legit MS sites
supporting it. You might be able to find the service pack in Windows
Downloads (archives) but not the entire OS. One source for XP SP1 cd's is
probably eBay, however I see no items listed today.

Microsoft does not provide a torrent.

"smackedass" <> wrote in message
news:0vGzj.4817$LK3.2703@trndny02...
>
> Hello,
>
> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be
> SP1--Torrent?
>
> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the
> disk.
>
> Thanks,
>
> smackedass

This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

smackedass wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to
> be SP1--Torrent?
>
> In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost
> the disk.
>
> Thanks,
>
> smackedass

> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any answers,
but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day, I must
scream:

WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,
no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method of
making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than one
machine? It's the SILLIEST GODDAM thing; god forbid, someone (like my
customer) loses their disk, how can they be **** outa luck like that? WHY
should they? I'm sure if I had a day or two, I'd be able to track someone
down who had the right disk (I guess that the BitTorrent people have been
read the riot act, because it's nowhere to be seen there, you're not even
allowed to MENTION it in their "forum"), but my customer needs her computer
back today! I have the stupid 25-character label! Why not the software to
match?!?

Ironically, when I browsed through the less savory sites, there were XP Pro
SP1A torrents all over the place; I downloaded a few of them, they were ALL
bogus, and NONE of them asked TO BE ACTIVATED! And I DIDN'T USE THEM! once
I saw that they were bogus! What a senseless bunch of CRAP!

I mean, I know that they're able to arrange a fair deal now, it works for
the 2007 Office suite, and, to the best of my knowledge, for Vista; for XP,
can't they just send out another "patch" for this to be able to happen?
They have no problem sending out a new patch every two days about every
other freaking security loopole, anyway.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Thank you.

sa

"smackedass" <> wrote in message
news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...
>
>
>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
>
> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.
>
> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day,
> I must scream:
>
> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,
> no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method
> of making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than
> one machine?

One word: monopoly.


-John O

Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
whatever operating system he wants.

"John O" <> wrote in message
news:RsbAj.8103$...
>
> "smackedass" <> wrote in message
> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...
>>
>>
>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
>>
>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
>> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.
>>
>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full
>> day, I must scream:
>>
>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the
>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,
>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to
>> install it on more than one machine?
>
> One word: monopoly.
>
>
> -John O
>

My one word response to this: Semantics


On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:39:22 -0700, "Colin Barnhorst"
<> wrote:

>Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
>Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?
>
>Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
>whatever operating system he wants.
>
>"John O" <> wrote in message
>news:RsbAj.8103$.. .
>>
>> "smackedass" <> wrote in message
>> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
>>>
>>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
>>> the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.
>>>
>>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
>>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full
>>> day, I must scream:
>>>
>>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the
>>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,
>>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to
>>> install it on more than one machine?
>>
>> One word: monopoly.
>>
>>
>> -John O
>>

Ha-ha, that's funny. You might want to read up on your history of US
monopolies.


"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
news:2A5F9957-7A47-4586-A3EC-...
> Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
> Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?
>
> Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
> whatever operating system he wants.
>
> "John O" <> wrote in message
> news:RsbAj.8103$...
>>
>> "smackedass" <> wrote in message
>> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%2.2213@trndny04...
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
>>>
>>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but
>>> not the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.
>>>
>>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
>>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full
>>> day, I must scream:
>>>
>>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the
>>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,
>>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to
>>> install it on more than one machine?
>>
>> One word: monopoly.
>>
>>
>> -John O
>>
>

>
> One word: monopoly


I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe that it
is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My point is,
once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it, the software
ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

sa