Re: I love MS -- PCTECH

Wayne and I woulda used duck tape...

On 12/12/06, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



The XP sticker is now stuck quite nicely on the rack.

It's amazing what a razor blade and a little patience will do . . .

Took 4 minutes.

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:08 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] I love MS
>
> It's a digital world! Grab you cell phone and take a picture
> of the key sticker then try to remove it. Best case you get
> the sticker off, worst case you have proof anyway.
>
> -Walden
>
> --
> Walden H Leverich III
> Tech Software
> (516) 627-3800 x3051
> WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.TechSoftInc.com
>
> Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:48 PM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: [PCTECH] I love MS
>
> You'll love this.
>
> 6 weeks ago we installed a new phone system.  Along with it
> is an XP Pro Wintel box that contains software for call reporting.
>
> We decided to mount the phone system on the wall in a rack.
> The installer took all the innards out of the Wintel tower
> case and reinstalled into a rack mount.  The MS license key
> code sticker is on the tower case.  The installer spent 1/2
> hour on the phone with MS trying to get a new license key
> code for Win XP.
>
> MS will not give them a new license key code without buying a
> new license.
> My choices are: 1) Keep the tower case around as proof of
> purchase or 2) attempt to remove the sticker and put it on
> the rack or 3) buy another licensed copy of XP Pro and install it.
>
> Tell me, what does one do if a case gets damaged but
> otherwise the PC is OK?
> Does MS make you buy a new copy of XP Pro because you put a
> replacement panel on the case?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the
> opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.
>
>
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