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cassette
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03-30-2005, 08:00 PM
Post subject: Windows Nerds...
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 92
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Hello, fellow nerds.
I am currently running Virtual PC 7 on my Mac so that I can run the Poker skins and a bunch of other non-Mac friendly sites. I have purchased a copy of Windows XP but the problem is that I have upgraded my version of Virtual PC a few times and each time I had to reinstall Windows. Now, each time that I reinstall it asks me to register the copy of Windows, so I type in the info and everything is fine. But I guess I finally did it one too may times because it now says that my info is no good anymore. Do I need to buy a brand new copy of Windows....? i hope not. Can i just call them up and tell them what's what? Do they even have phone numbers?
Thanks for any advice.
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Figured it out. Thanks anyway.
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
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Originally Posted by cassette
Figured it out. Thanks anyway.
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What's the answer? I'm still on '98SE and have put off XP because of the re-install limitation. As I approach the need for a new computer, XP becomes an inevitability. So was there a work-around?
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I'm a know-it-all.
No, really.
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ChezJ
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Full House
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
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cassette, what kind of mac are you running? i run party poker in VPC on my iMac G4 (800 MHz) and it is slow as hell. multitabling is out of the question. i'm actually thinking of buying a winblows PC ((for the first time in my life)) just so i can play properly.
ChezJ
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
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I am running a Powerbook G4 and can only play 2 tables before things get silly slow. I am also considering buying on of those devil PC's.  If you have the extra cash, VPC 7 is a large improvement over VPC 6. I could barely even run Party Poker on VPC6.
As far as the validation:
All I had to do was call the toll free number that was provided in the verification wizard thing. I was expecting to talk to a real person that I could explain my situation to an try my fancy social engineering skills...  . Turns out I didn't even have to. It was a computer lady on the other end that just asked me for my product ID and then continued to give me a new validation code. Which seems really silly because as far as I can tell this would have worked even with a pirated version....
Anyway, best of luck.
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ChezJ
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Full House
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Washington, D.C.
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interesting... i am on VPC6.1. maybe i don't need new hardware after all. thanks for the tip.
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johnnyawe
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Full House
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Francisco
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{Moved from Poker Etcetera}
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Is there any way to edit the thread subject line? I look kinda illiterate....
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Sykedupp
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Flush
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Originally Posted by cassette
Wnidows Nerds...
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ROFLCOPTER
Didn't notice that. You just made my night (boring night, I know)
I Are Illiterate And I Do Vote.
-Chris
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Originally Posted by soupie
That is the beauty of poker, it doesnt matter how they play, you can always devise the perfect defense and counterpunch hard.
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mtbottle
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I've got a Dual 2.5GHz G5, and VPC 7. It is teh roxorz Mmmm... 23-Inch screen
Can multitable on party, although can slow down a bit if the processors are doing other things (been re-encoding a lot of Lost episodes recently)
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by cassette
Is there any way to edit the thread subject line? I look kinda illiterate....
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Just open up your original post for edit and change the subject line.
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I'm a know-it-all.
No, really.
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cassette
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 92
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ah.... thanks! My illiteracy may now remain hidden behind the wonders of the internet!
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