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pmc:
I'm with protokatie. If it were me, I'd say "I bought one OS, and I got one OS. I'm done".

-pmc
knave:
Even Microsoft will let you reinstall an os on the same machine if your HD dies using the same license. 

knave:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 18, 2008, 05:24:12 pm ---Can I install TinyXP over my existing WinXP installation, or do I need to format and start over?

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You have to install fresh...
Lakersfan:

--- Quote from: NOP on January 18, 2008, 11:20:09 am ---TinyXP (at least the version 06 that I'm using) has 4 different installation types.  You can pick with or without drivers and with or without IE, outlook, etc in any combination.

IIRC, I installed without drivers, without outlook or IE, then installed my motherboard's drivers which included a USB driver and network, so I was up and running fine with my U360s and sharing files on my home network in just a few minutes.

Either way, TinyXP is the way to go.  Without all the bloat, it boots insanely fast and installs in a couple hundred meg at most. 

Just a word of warning:  After it copies all the files to the hard drive and reboots for the first time, my machine didn't put a message on the screen telling me to wait.  All I got was a mouse pointer on a black screen.  Don't panic.  Just go get some coffee and come back in 10 minutes or so and you'll eventually have it installed.

-jeff!
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Hmm, I'll have to double check what version I have ... maybe things have changed. Or maybe I did something wrong when I installed the OS to begin with. Thanks Jeff.
ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on January 18, 2008, 02:03:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on January 17, 2008, 11:23:11 pm --- :soapbox:
No excuse for not being legit.  XP licenses are for one MACHINE not two, so if your PC was poopoo'd and had a license on the base, then off you go to the computer shop and buy an OEM version of XP.  Tiny XP is just XP with a modified ISO that is stripped of all the baggage.  Just saves you going to buy XP Lite and doing the trimming yourself, which I discourage and you should buy XP lite and have some fun learning to pull your hair out.

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Well as far as I’m concerned, there’s absolutely nothing morally wrong with re-installing XP if you’ve already paid for a copy but lost the original installation disks.

I suspect it's perfectly legal as well but to the best of my knowledge this issue has never actually been tested in court.

M$ might like to give the impression that they can put absolutely any conditions they want in their licence agreements, and that those conditions will always be legally enforceable, but it just doesn't work that way. Consumer laws are entirely different to the laws that govern contracts made between companies. Consumers enjoy a lot more protection because it's recognised that consumers generally haven't the time, inclination, or knowledge to scrutinise all the small print. If M$ tries to put clauses in their EULAs that attempt to override basic consumer laws then they’re on very shaky legal ground.


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I used to click through EULAs.  Now I read them, print them out etc.  Its very important to read before agreeing to anything.  Today I know its like buying a house with so many clauses and paperwork. 

There again I cannot condone installing Tiny XP without a license.  You buy XPlite and you make your own Tiny XP.  I have XPlite but could not spend the time tinkering with it.

But yet again....

I can have roms in my cabinet but need to have a legal OS license.

It sounds hypocritical doesn't it?

It does to me.  ::)
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