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From: RnR on 6 Aug 2010 05:30 On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:54:07 -0700, "Timothy Daniels" <NoSpam(a)SpamMeKnot.biz> wrote: ><ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com> wrote: >> "Timothy Daniels" writes: >> >>> "Christopher Muto" wrote: >>>> as for the argument about the incredible expense of higher education today... >>>> that sounds to me to be precisely a >>>> reason not to pay a second time for things you already bought. >>> >>> The OP's goal is purportedly to get his son a successful college >>> education. Why is he allowing the cost of Win7 to get in the way >>> of what should be more important considerations? Academic Editions >>> are cheap - see this page: >> >> Why to you presume to know so much about people >> you have never met? >> >> Hubris is ugly. > > One needn't meet you. The pertinent facts are your own statements >The Academic Editions of Windows are full boat editions and incredibly >cheap, but you're spending all this time attempting to apply your wife's >installation DVD to your son's computer (a scam), yet worried that you >won't do it before your son's matriculation, when all you have to do is spend >$80 to accomplish your purported goal, stay legal, and get your son off to >college with Win7 installed on his laptop. Discuss with your wife the >difference between "Father" and "System Administrator" and which role >is replacing the other. > >*TimDaniels* > > >>> http://www.microsoft.com/education/license/howtobuy/academicsavings.aspx , >>> or do a Google search on "Windows 7 Academic Edition". This whole >>> exercise is about just $80! Given that, isn't the OP more likely to be >>> trying to be Administrator In Absentia than showing his kid how to >>> solve his own problems and how to maintain a rational perspective >>> on them? >>> >>> *TimDaniels* >> >> >> -- >> Andrew Hall >> (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...) > To be honest, you don't really need win 7 for college studies right now. Further, having just paid for 2 four yr college educations with one living on/near campus, these kids are quite resourceful when they need to be. That father just doesn't realize it since he lacks the experience right now. He sounds like a good father but being one myself with 2 daughters both just graduated from college very recently, he should let his son(?) fend a little for himself. As I'm now finding out, it's not good to provide too much as it seems to stymie their mental growth in the "real" world (not academics). I could give a lecture on this .... and no, I'm NOT the best father as I'm now finding out. I did " too much " for my daughters and now seeing the results. No, they don't do drugs or anything illegal but I don't like their attitude often. I better stop here as I'm beginning to lecture <g>.
From: Bob Villa on 6 Aug 2010 09:32 >No, they don't do drugs or anything illegal but I don't like their attitude often. I better stop here as I'm beginning to lecture <g>. I'm beginning to understand what you're talking about (18yr old girl with grandiose ideas of college in our house)
From: Ben Myers on 6 Aug 2010 10:38 On 8/6/2010 9:32 AM, Bob Villa wrote: >> No, they don't do drugs or anything illegal but I > don't like their attitude often. I better stop here as I'm beginning > to lecture<g>. > > I'm beginning to understand what you're talking about (18yr old girl > with grandiose ideas of college in our house) And it has nothing to do with the gender of the children, either. It is always a delicate tradeoff to figure out whether to do too much or too little for children. When delivered, they do not come with an owner's manual or an on-line help file, either, to make things easier... Ben Myers
From: RnR on 6 Aug 2010 12:02 On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:38:09 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >On 8/6/2010 9:32 AM, Bob Villa wrote: >>> No, they don't do drugs or anything illegal but I >> don't like their attitude often. I better stop here as I'm beginning >> to lecture<g>. >> >> I'm beginning to understand what you're talking about (18yr old girl >> with grandiose ideas of college in our house) > >And it has nothing to do with the gender of the children, either. It is >always a delicate tradeoff to figure out whether to do too much or too >little for children. When delivered, they do not come with an owner's >manual or an on-line help file, either, to make things easier... Ben Myers Ben, you got me thinking... I wish I had consulted with Google for parenting but I think Google was in it's infancy when my daughters were in theirs. Now I know a lot more but I'm outa the child rearing business. More or less back on topic.... showing my stupidity about staying legit in regard to win 7 ..... what would happen if I chose not to activate my win 7 disk ? Time limit? And what's going to happen now that I did everything proper if I upgrade my laptop hd? Will I have to go thru hoops to reinstall the same win 7 disk? To be honest I was tempted to find a bootleg but decided to stay legit (stupid I suppose if I have to go thru hoops). Just another thought.... having a legit copy of win 7 (2 disks in one pkg), is it legit to install the win 7 x64 on one pc and the win 7 x32 on another? I'm guessing not to stay legit. Which raises another question, what happens if I do it anyway?
From: Daddy on 6 Aug 2010 12:10
On 8/6/2010 12:02 PM, RnR wrote: > what would happen if I chose not to activate my win 7 disk ? "what would happen if I chose not to activate my win 7 disk ?" After 30 days it becomes pretty much unusable. "is it legit to install the win 7 x64 on one pc and the win 7 x32 on another?" Nope - they both have the same license key. "...what happens if I do it anyway?" See above. Whether or not we agree with Microsoft's strategy or tactics, the rules are now very clear and the enforcement is getting much better. -- Daddy |