Question for the Windows gods

[The Buddha]

OK wifey's Laptop, had media player 7, and an XP version that was built out of shareware in India.
Once in a while it would throw error saying it wasn't a genuine windows. She would ignore it and it worked great.
Few days ago, she left it online, and it downloaded a media player 11 and installed it. Now its not running most of the applications and is frozen with the error please provide genuine windows key or something.
Anyone have any ideas, or do I turn it into a linux machine.
Cool.
Srinath.

[ben2go]

install a legal copy of windows 

[The Buddha]

OK ben2go ... or should I call it Ban2go ....  ...
Cool.
Srinath.

[ben2go]

 

[Egaeus]

Sounds like a nuke and pave job to me. 

[scottpA_GS]

Try the Restore point thing... A re-install would prob be best but going to an earlier restore point may be a quick easy solution 

[frankieG]

registry error, get rid of the illegal crap

[The Buddha]

Try the Restore point thing... A re-install would prob be best but going to an earlier restore point may be a quick easy solution 

OK how to do this.
Cool.
Srinath.

[spc]

Step 1: order ubuntu
Step 2: install
Step 3:  Put on your bell-bottoms and tie die and do yoga in your driveway while chanting 'f%$k you bill gates'

[ben2go]

Step 1: order ubuntu
Step 2: install
Step 3:  Put on your bell-bottoms and tie die and do yoga in your driveway while chanting 'f%$k you bill gates'

ROFLMAO                                       

[Jay_wolf]

if it will run , but hardly any apps .id get all the documents off wih a flash drive , then just get a real copy , or a decent fake ,. and you set the pc to boot from the cd/dvd rom drive   then it runs and u can installl a copy over the old one  , when ive done it before all my files was til there . but just incase i copy them as a crude back up

[CndnMax]

install a legal copy of windows 

+1 
all of microsofts new programs wont run on non-genuine, "free", versions. delete any new programs you have installed, go back to wmp7 and it may work fine.

[Affschnozel]

Srinath , google "WGA removal" 

[Jay_wolf]

I had a copy that installed in about 30 pcs with no Problems , ud probs find a decent copy on a torrent

[scottpA_GS]

Try the Restore point thing... A re-install would prob be best but going to an earlier restore point may be a quick easy solution 

OK how to do this.
Cool.
Srinath.

START>PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES>SYSTEM TOOLS>RESTORE

Your PC should already have some dates saved before you did the install of IE, just pick one and you should be good to go 

[The Buddha]

Step 1: order ubuntu
Step 2: install
Step 3:  Put on your bell-bottoms and tie die and do yoga in your driveway while chanting 'f%$k you bill gates'

Done that ... but I got linux instead of ubuntu ... BTW I run Ubuntu 3.0 in my GS500 black box. it will not start without you chanting "F%^k you bill gates" atleast 3 times.
Anyway, I had the damn WMP 11 uninstalled finally. Mostly works fine now. She's noticed just some loss of functionality with it. Evidently some thumbnail array in a some or other ... yea ... wasn't working, but it wasnt a big deal.
Cool.
Srinath.

[spc]

Ummmm  Ubuntu is Linux.......it's the user-friendly interface of it.

If you fall asleep with your Mac still on, it softly chants "Kill Bill"   

[CndnMax]

Done that ... but I got linux instead of ubuntu ... BTW I run Ubuntu 3.0 in my GS500 black box. it will not start without you chanting "F%^k you bill gates" atleast 3 times.
Anyway, I had the damn WMP 11 uninstalled finally. Mostly works fine now. She's noticed just some loss of functionality with it. Evidently some thumbnail array in a some or other ... yea ... wasn't working, but it wasnt a big deal.
Cool.
Srinath.

sweet deal 

[pandy]

Don't ya' love how WMP 11 doesn't tell you you're screwed until AFTER you install it. 

[Jay_wolf]

Dunno , with a Legal System , ur good to go 

But saying that , i only have a legal copy coz i got a new vaio , had i no , im sure id be running me Booty