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<QP>
I just checked, and
www.soft4download.com (redirected to
www.oem4download.com) is registered and administered in places like Latvia,
China, and Russia, probably to avoid anti-piracy and other consumer
safeguards. And you won't find a physical address or phone number for these
folks anywhere. I strongly suspect their wares are not legit...
....I recently purchased Windows XP Professional from Soft4download. The SN
did not work. They supplied me with another SN and the software loaded.
However, when I went to update DirectX from Microsoft, the MD website
detected it as non-authentic software! and it would not allow me to download
Direct X. In fact I can not download any of the free software from MS. In
addition my legal copy of MS Office does not always work properly.
I believe this to be pirated software!
....my buddy just bought a lot of software from soft4download.com (who also
owns and redirects to oem4download, soft-centre.net, 4download.info,
sdownload.com - just to name a few). all are the same site, all charge
ridiculous cheap prices for pirated software - its definitely pirated
because it comes with a keygen and other tools to pirate the software and
the prices will never be as low as they list, so STAY AWAY!!
</QP>
http://www.epinions.com/msg/show_~th.../forum_id_~145
Anyone Purchased from Soft4Download.com? - Tech Support Guy Forums
<QP>
copied from the FAQ page...
Why is the software so inexpensive?
We offer the software for downloading only, it means that you do not receive
a fancy package, a printed manual *and license* [emphasis added] that
actually aggregate the largest part of the retail price. In this situation
we are restricted in selling the products for private purposes only! You
will not be able to get a technical support and different rebates from the
manufacturer. Updates are available for the most of our products (you may
ask our support staff for the exceptions) that make them fully functional
and operating.
</QP>
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dgbury wrote:
> I purchased this from soft4downloads, I have now also emailed them to find
> out. Thanks
>
>> From whom did you purchase XP Professional?
>> You may have purchased an illegal version.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/Piracy/
>>
>> --
>> ====================================
>> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
>> ====================================
>> How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
>> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
>>
>> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may
>> benefit.
>>
>>
>> "dgbury" <> wrote in message
>> news:55A6535C-CDDD-4E42-8B6C-...
>>> I purchased the XP professional on-line and received this as a
>>> SFX-Archive
>>> file or folder. To date I cant do windows updates with this. How do I
>>> burns this on a CD to use for the disc number it asks for? I have burnt
>>> it already but the windows box wont recognise this?
>>> Can someone answer my questions please?
>>> --
>>> Dgbury
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