**Cut myself short: I have not tried Windows 7 very much (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a smooth solution), but I do hope they managed to turn the boat on this disaster of an OS. If not, I frankly do not understand how they can still entertain a customer base.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > So last day I got around to installing Vista. The last 12 hours have > convinced me that this is arguably the worst operating system ever made, > and booting back into F17 was bliss. I have not tried Windows 7 very much > (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a smooth solution). > > Reinstalling Grub with the F17 seems to be broken by the > way...grub2-install throws an error. I did not record it unfortunately, but > I am assuming it can be fixed. If nothing else, it is not problematic to > use an earlier version for recovery unless you need Grub2. > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Roger <are...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> Deceptively simple and elegant solution, apply the DWPGA rule. >> Delete Windows, problem goes away. >> Solved problems on our computers. >> R >> >> Am 28.06.2012 01:30, schrieb Dave Ihnat: >> >> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> >> The license does not permit usage in a virtual machine, unfortunately. >> >> What license? AFAIK, none of the Windows licenses forbid running in a VM. >> Most versions of Windows don't make any provision for it. >> >> this is simply >> wronghttp://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/virtualization.aspx >> >> Licensing the Windows Desktop Operating System >> >> For Windows operating system software licensed through retail (FPP) or >> preinstalled on a PC (OEM), Windows use >> rights are outlined in the Software License Terms that accompany the >> software. These license terms provide use >> rights to run Windows locally on the licensed device in a virtual operating >> system environment (OSE); however they >> do not provide use rights for accessing Windows running remotely in a >> virtual OSE from the licensed device, and are >> limited in other ways when compared to virtualization use rights provided >> with Windows Software Assurance, Windows >> Intune, and Windows VDA licenses acquired through Microsoft Volume >> Licensing. For example, neither FPP nor OEM >> licenses permit remote access to a Windows virtual machine (VM) running in a >> datacenter. For this, a license >> obtained through Microsoft Volume Licensing is required. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> >> > > > -- > Best, > > Christopher Svanefalk > > -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk
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