Hmm - a friends computer needs OS reinstalled. (Windows XP-Pro). Warranty has expired. Dell refuses to sell disk for just price of the disk. Insists on buying full copy. If we have to do that Circuit city has it for same price. But if they sold you the computer and thus know the license is valid shouldn't they sell you the disk for around the same $10 cost you can get it with a new computer?
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Typo Boy - Aug 27, 2005 3:19:01 pm PDT #4239 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
DXMachina - Aug 27, 2005 3:45:13 pm PDT #4240 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Every Dell we've bought came with a reinstall disk, which is a full copy of XP Pro. Tell your friend to check the box with all the manuals in it that comes with the machine.
eta: It will have a Dell label, and say something like "reinstall." The Windows XP part will be in small print.
Gandalfe - Aug 27, 2005 5:57:35 pm PDT #4241 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Every Dell we've bought came with a reinstall disk, which is a full copy of XP Pro. Tell your friend to check the box with all the manuals in it that comes with the machine.
Or call Dell and say you lost it.
le nubian - Aug 27, 2005 6:59:19 pm PDT #4242 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
I transferred some video files to the Tivo and they all skipped. So I think the main reason for using the file transfer feature are for files that were on the Tivo and you backed them up elsewhere.
So I think I'm just going to burn to DVD non Tivo files.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2005 7:12:21 pm PDT #4243 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The converted files -- do they skip when you play them on your PC?
That's a bummer.
le nubian - Aug 28, 2005 3:38:50 am PDT #4244 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita, I haven't tried that yet. The Tivo files I copied back worked just fine.
sumi - Aug 28, 2005 5:53:25 am PDT #4245 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I woke up this morning, turned on my tv and the picture has gone all narrow . . . like you're watching a wide-screen movie only to the Extreme. Is my tv doomed? Or can I find a control that would correct this? And if so, what might it be called?
(I seem to remember having a control for something like this on one of my former tvs -- I just have no clue where it might be on this one.)
Eddie - Aug 28, 2005 5:56:56 am PDT #4246 of 10003
Your tag here.
On my remote, it's called "Pic Size". You might also look for something called Aspect Ratio. Do you have cats? You might try them to see if they know.
sumi - Aug 28, 2005 5:59:54 am PDT #4247 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
If controls were switched -- the cats must have done it in the middle of the night.
sumi - Aug 28, 2005 6:05:00 am PDT #4248 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I can find absolutely nothing that appears to change the aspect ratio -- however, the tv appears to be trying to self-correct.
So frustrating.