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[M.da Cruz]

Hi Ash,

Clause i) of the Warranty: "This product is not guaranteed against
compatibility, connectivity or ability of the product other then with
the original supplied operating system."

Though as I said, this wasn't tested but it was suggested that as I had 
the license I might as well have the software running. The laptop manual 
ofcourse is based on XP.

This may change overtime. I recall the debate between CPM/MSDOS early 
80s. MSOffice vs Lotus, Wordperfect... in the late 80s. Who knows what 
the outcome will be of XP vs Linux in 2004.

Regarding the license, I registered when I first got my laptop in 
November 03. Then in the process of partitioning my disk and installing 
linux (in December 03/January04), I had to reinstall XP. I discovered 
the previous registration key wouldn't work and I would need to call 
again. At this point I decided to delete XP.

It has now struck me that if I was relying on XP and I did have to 
restore the system from CD in a couple of years time, would I again need 
to register and would this be possible.

I doubt the call centre is really in Banglore - it is probably too
expensive to have one there these days. Was the call centre in N Sydney 
personned 7x24 or was it part of a network?

Marghanita

Ash Nallawalla wrote:
>>I have just had to reinstall XP (for third time) on my laptop 
>>because of Warranty restrictions and a problem with the 
>>battery - though I think the diagnosis may be a furfy and the 
>>official line. 
> 
> 
> What type of warranty restrictions would require you to reinstall an OS?
> 
> 
>>This also means I will have to ring again to register the 
>>license - probably sets of all kind of alarms in the call 
>>centre in Banglore ;-).
> 
> 
> Their call centre is/was in North Sydney when I was there two years ago.  Same
> company as Corel and Symantec.  If it is the same PC and it has been 3 months
> since the last installation, you won't have to ring anyone.
> 
> Ash
> 
> 

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Email: marghanit at ramin.com.au
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