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<blockquote data-quote="Jesus_marley" data-source="post: 3127245" data-attributes="member: 24730"><p>I am in a bit of a moral quandary right now....</p><p></p><p>recently my GF's computer has crashed. It doesn't appear to be a HD issue. I just think the OS (WinXP) decided to die. now here is the problem.....</p><p></p><p>When my GF bought the computer, we had a friend (at the time.... not anymore though... just moved on) install the OS. He has a small computer business and offered to do it for barter. Well, he ended up installing a cracked version of WinXP which we discovered later when we went to install some updates. That was mildly annoying but not earth shattering since the computer continued to work.</p><p></p><p>Now the OS is dead. It won't even boot in safe mode. We are now faced with shelling out for a full version of XP....</p><p></p><p>Now the quandary part.... A friend who works for microsoft has stated that we can get a free version from microsoft if we report our fomer friend for what he did. Doing so will mean he loses his MS licences and thus his business. </p><p></p><p>Do I ruin a guys livelihood for a short term gain? Even though he is the author of his own destruction? Or do I suck it up... knowing he may be doing the same thing to others....</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Turns out a friend from Seattle is coming up with a spare licensed version that he is giving us... as well, we took this opportunity to purchase an upgrade for the computer. Got a 3.2 Gig barebone kit and a 250 gig HD for 300 bucks. All we need to do is strip the old model of the gear and we're good to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jesus_marley, post: 3127245, member: 24730"] I am in a bit of a moral quandary right now.... recently my GF's computer has crashed. It doesn't appear to be a HD issue. I just think the OS (WinXP) decided to die. now here is the problem..... When my GF bought the computer, we had a friend (at the time.... not anymore though... just moved on) install the OS. He has a small computer business and offered to do it for barter. Well, he ended up installing a cracked version of WinXP which we discovered later when we went to install some updates. That was mildly annoying but not earth shattering since the computer continued to work. Now the OS is dead. It won't even boot in safe mode. We are now faced with shelling out for a full version of XP.... Now the quandary part.... A friend who works for microsoft has stated that we can get a free version from microsoft if we report our fomer friend for what he did. Doing so will mean he loses his MS licences and thus his business. Do I ruin a guys livelihood for a short term gain? Even though he is the author of his own destruction? Or do I suck it up... knowing he may be doing the same thing to others.... EDIT: Turns out a friend from Seattle is coming up with a spare licensed version that he is giving us... as well, we took this opportunity to purchase an upgrade for the computer. Got a 3.2 Gig barebone kit and a 250 gig HD for 300 bucks. All we need to do is strip the old model of the gear and we're good to go. [/QUOTE]
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