so aparetnly the XP Pro on my computer is a bootleg copy (my uncle put it on here, it came with XP Home), and now all of the sudden I get these popups every couple minutes saying that I may have been a victum of software counterfitting. There is this little icon in the bottom right too. Is there anywhere to take this alert off (besides going online and paying for legit version)? Help please

7/24/2006 3:34:36 PM

1) buy a legit copy, 2) install a crack to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage. figure that one out for yourself.

7/24/2006 3:40:14 PM

there are step by step instructions on ms's website about how to remove window's genuine advantage, since it was returning false positives for lots of people.

7/24/2006 6:13:37 PM

you can try Linux

7/24/2006 6:57:03 PM

If you aren't joined to a domain AND
If you don't use Remote Desktop AND
If you don't you don't have more than one physical processor.

THEN

You don't need Windows XP Pro.

Have your uncle reinstall Home or get around the Genuine Advantage stuff for you. It WILL come back again ... so-called cracks typically only provide short-term fixes.

7/24/2006 7:02:43 PM

^Exactly

7/24/2006 7:24:15 PM

What does it matter if he has 2 processors? I have 2 processors and use Home edition.

7/24/2006 9:24:56 PM

you are only using one of them then, because XP home doesnt support dual core or SMP

[Edited on July 24, 2006 at 9:45 PM. Reason : doh]

7/24/2006 9:44:07 PM

Then what's this:

7/25/2006 12:33:18 AM

^hyperthreading

7/25/2006 12:47:05 AM

and we have a winnar

7/25/2006 12:56:07 AM

XP Pro is also worth having if you want IIS. You don't get that with Home.

7/25/2006 10:04:09 AM

http://www.ubuntu.com/

7/25/2006 10:19:09 AM