From: "Glenn Meadows" 

George, didn't you know that the goal is now to just sell people new
computers when they break or get malware installed?

Oh, that's what's happening, as the big group of Windows computers continue
to get infected, people will just buy new machines, probably more buying
Macs this go round.

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Glenn M.
"Geo"  wrote in message
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> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44ac471c{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>     A neighbor of mine told me I had a bad system file and suggested I
>> reinstall my Win XP program. I told him Gateway did not provide such a
>> program. He told me he'd let me borrow his install disk and that by
> running
>> it, the bad file would be replaced. We did do the reinstall and
>> lo-and-behold the dial-up / FAX conflict was resolved!
>
> Users helping users fix problems, ha imagine that..
>
> I mean how the hell can Microsoft think there are so many people pirating
> their damn OS when it fricken comes preinstalled on everything?
>
> Oh we can't provide you a REAL CD cause you might pirate the OS? Who comes
> up with this logic? What, hard drives never fail? Nobody ever reinstalls
> to
> fix a problem?
>
> You know what I think, I think Microsoft needs to be rebooted because
> something is seriously fucked up over there.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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