owner names everywhere

how can you update all the past owners names to yours without reinstalling
everything.? good deal but no docs or software.

puzzled wrote:
> how can you update all the past owners names to yours without reinstalling
> everything.?


You can't, really.vvWith second-hand computers, especially if acquired
from strangers but perhaps even if acquired from a family member or
friend, your wisest course of action would definitely be to format the
hard drives and start fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because
the original owner may have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or
have problems because the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or
other malware.


> .... good deal but no docs or software.


Then it wasn't really a "good deal." If you didn't get the media from
which to perform a clean installation of the OS and all of the
applications, you were "ripped off," no matter how little you paid.



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"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> puzzled wrote:
> > how can you update all the past owners names to yours without reinstalling
> > everything.?
>
>
> You can't, really.vvWith second-hand computers, especially if acquired
> from strangers but perhaps even if acquired from a family member or
> friend, your wisest course of action would definitely be to format the
> hard drives and start fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because
> the original owner may have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or
> have problems because the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or
> other malware.
>
>
> > .... good deal but no docs or software.
>
>
> Then it wasn't really a "good deal." If you didn't get the media from
> which to perform a clean installation of the OS and all of the
> applications, you were "ripped off," no matter how little you paid.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell


> that last part about the porn has me worried. i think i have only one choice. good advice. thanks bruce gary

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:54:23 -0600, Bruce Chambers

>Then it wasn't really a "good deal." If you didn't get the media from
>which to perform a clean installation of the OS and all of the
>applications, you were "ripped off," no matter how little you paid.

Agreed.

So where does that leave us with big OEMs that don't ship installation
media even with new PCs, and MS's policy that OEMs ship MS Office 2007
as an "air box" with no installation disks?

Where's the "Genuine Advantage" in that?



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On Jun 25, 9:05 am, "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)"
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> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:54:23 -0600, Bruce Chambers
>
> >Then it wasn't really a "good deal." If you didn't get the media from
> >which to perform a clean installation of the OS and all of the
> >applications, you were "ripped off," no matter how little you paid.
>
> Agreed.
>
> So where does that leave us with big OEMs that don't ship installation
> media even with new PCs, and MS's policy that OEMs ship MS Office 2007
> as an "air box" with no installation disks?
>
> Where's the "Genuine Advantage" in that?
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That is literally the million dollar question. They have to be saving
millions of dollars to justify not providing a disk to paying
customers.