Is your Windows for realz?

I heard similar rumors about my 2003 Server install...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Doesen't Home also lack the ability to properly configure user accounts? Can't think of anything more idotic in modern computing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Snowknight

By "properly configure," what do you mean?

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Windows XP Professional offers a number of features unavailable in the Home Edition, including [...] the use of a sophisticated access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances.

I guess that's what I had in mind. This kind of thing just belongs into a modern operating system. Leaving it out just fares under "dumbed down" in my book as opposed to "streamlined for home use".

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yep, slipstreaming is one of the few truly rewarding things I discovered about Windows the past few years.

@ Merv Burger
I think you are looking for WindizUpdate. Worked like a charm for me so far, I was even able to get rid of Internet Explorer using nLite.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You should worry (about the milk).

On a side note: This refund thing goes back to the late 90s, when even fewer retailers were offering OS-less boxes. Today one does not have to go to such great lengths in order to obtain such a machine and there are even vendors who sell computers with a pre-installed Linux.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ever heard of WindizUpdate? It's not only a good way to bypass WGA, it also lets you update your OS using non IE browsers.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?