http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3288/what-can-electronic-stores-do-about-a-computer-with-pirated-software/ Questions And Answers by Real Computer Users Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:07:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3288/what-can-electronic-stores-do-about-a-computer-with-pirated-software/comment-page-1/#comment-6900 auggie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:06:24 +0000 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3288/what-can-electronic-stores-do-about-a-computer-with-pirated-software/#comment-6900 First of all the only thing they want out of you is your money. They may tell you however that many of your problems stem from the pirated copy as Microsoft will not update a bogus copy of Windows and usually will result in virusus and/or Spyware infecting your computer. First of all the only thing they want out of you is your money.
They may tell you however that many of your problems stem from the pirated copy as Microsoft will not update a bogus copy of Windows and usually will result in virusus and/or Spyware infecting your computer.

]]> http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3288/what-can-electronic-stores-do-about-a-computer-with-pirated-software/comment-page-1/#comment-6899 BADDOG Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:04:27 +0000 http://www.computeradvicesite.com/3288/what-can-electronic-stores-do-about-a-computer-with-pirated-software/#comment-6899 They won't actually do anything. It would hurt their business. Besides, why would they bother checking if your copy was legit, perhaps you just changed a Network card and added memory. They could refuse to work on it though. What could happen, is if they have to format, they will charge you for installing a legit copy, since they will not install an illegal one. Another little hint, don't bother with SP3, IE7 or IE8. Sp3 uses a lot of resources for security and such that joe average doesn't need. lol, who is going to hack my computer for the 99 cents I keep in my aux account. *lol* They won’t actually do anything. It would hurt their business. Besides, why would they bother checking if your copy was legit, perhaps you just changed a Network card and added memory. They could refuse to work on it though. What could happen, is if they have to format, they will charge you for installing a legit copy, since they will not install an illegal one.
Another little hint, don’t bother with SP3, IE7 or IE8. Sp3 uses a lot of resources for security and such that joe average doesn’t need. lol, who is going to hack my computer for the 99 cents I keep in my aux account. *lol*

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