Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media - It's easy - Just ask Paul Thurrott!

Re: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media - It's easy - Justask Paul Thurrott!

Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> What lies? I'm puzzled. Who in their right mind has ever said that? I've
> never heard anyone say one never has to use a command line in Windows,
> nor any operating system for that matter. Reread your reply and imagine
> just how childish (and even silly) your accusation sounds.
>
> Saucy
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

It's true. "Never needing to use a command line in Windows" is one of
the main points touted by many Windows fans to demonstrate that Windows
is supposedly more user friendly than linux for a desktop environment.
But times change. Maybe MS is seeing the light that having a more
powerful command line is a benefit, even thought not everyone might
choose to use it. Not ever needing to use a command line in Windows may
have once been true, but I don't think it's true anymore.
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hbutdj$vb5$1@news.eternal-september.org...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> Get a grip Alias.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> I'm not upset.
>><!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> You know very well NT systems - and especially Windows 7 - have a
>>> very robust commandline [sic] environment. I say especially Windows 7
>>> because it arrives equipped with the capable PowerShell (Monad)
>>> commandline [sic] shell out-of-the-box, which enables scripting of
>>> the .NET framework [on top of everything else].
>>>
>>> Saucy<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> Thanks for confirming the lies that Windows doesn't need to use a
>> command line.
>>
>> Alias<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>>
>>>
>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:hbus7g$lgn$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>> It's easy - and you need install Windows only once.
>>>>>
>>>>> Basically two little things one must do - a regedit and a
>>>>> commandline [sic] command.
>>>>
>>>> What!? Use a *command* *line*? I thought cryptic command line
>>>> commands were only for Linux. Oh well, there goes another of the
>>>> Windows fan boys and girls' arguments right out the proverbial Windows.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->



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"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:

 

Re: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media - It's easy - Justask Paul Thurrott!

Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Oh please, don't be so childish. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Saucy, what do you expect from a childish troll?

 

Well come on, sure, most tasks can be done through the GUI, but as anyone
who's ever followed the instructions of a KB article knows, occasionally
there's resort to the command line. Windows is very user friendly, and many
people use Windows a lot w/o ever typing in a command line command, but it's
there and it's sometimes convenient for "techy" tasks such as clean
installing Windows 7 using the upgrade media. Command line scripting is also
useful in some environments to automate tasks etc. etc. If someone has said
this isn't so, surely you didn't take them seriously?

Saucy


"The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
<me211@privacy.net> wrote in message news:hbvaal$cvn$1@aioe.org...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> What lies? I'm puzzled. Who in their right mind has ever said that? I've
>> never heard anyone say one never has to use a command line in Windows,
>> nor any operating system for that matter. Reread your reply and imagine
>> just how childish (and even silly) your accusation sounds.
>>
>> Saucy
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> It's true. "Never needing to use a command line in Windows" is one of the
> main points touted by many Windows fans to demonstrate that Windows is
> supposedly more user friendly than linux for a desktop environment. But
> times change. Maybe MS is seeing the light that having a more powerful
> command line is a benefit, even thought not everyone might choose to use
> it. Not ever needing to use a command line in Windows may have once been
> true, but I don't think it's true anymore.
><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>>
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hbutdj$vb5$1@news.eternal-september.org...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>> Get a grip Alias.
>>>
>>> I'm not upset.
>>>
>>>> You know very well NT systems - and especially Windows 7 - have a very
>>>> robust commandline [sic] environment. I say especially Windows 7
>>>> because it arrives equipped with the capable PowerShell (Monad)
>>>> commandline [sic] shell out-of-the-box, which enables scripting of the
>>>> .NET framework [on top of everything else].
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>
>>> Thanks for confirming the lies that Windows doesn't need to use a
>>> command line.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:hbus7g$lgn$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>>> It's easy - and you need install Windows only once.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Basically two little things one must do - a regedit and a commandline
>>>>>> [sic] command.
>>>>>
>>>>> What!? Use a *command* *line*? I thought cryptic command line commands
>>>>> were only for Linux. Oh well, there goes another of the Windows fan
>>>>> boys and girls' arguments right out the proverbial Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>
>
> --
> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
> - Linus Torvalds
>
> DRM and unintended consequences:
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Day to day stuff and most system stuff can be done through GUIs. Hey - just
about everything can be done through a GUI if someone wants to code the GUI
program. But occasionally one uses the command line for some "techy" tasks
such as clean installing Windows 7 using the upgrade media .. and in some
environments it's used with scripts to automate.

Saucy


"KristleBawl" <KristleBawl@some.email> wrote in message
news:udmuc9LVKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> To say they [Microsoft] don't innovate is as silly as your other
>> statement about never using the command line in Windows. It's one of
>> these catch all slogans that mean nothing: 'used as a tool to manipulate
>> the emotions of people who haven't thought things through.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> If you don't mind my butting in, I know how to use a command line if I
> need it, but I haven't needed to use one since Win95, and that was only
> because a friend *collected* infections of all kinds and managed to really
> mess things up like a professional. (I still laugh about it.)
>
> Once installed and running, just how much does Ubuntu rely on command
> lines without offering a 'click' option? (I know, I know. That wasn't
> very technical, but pretend I'm a newbie.) <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Re: Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media - It's easy - Justask Paul Thurrott!

What Paul Thurrott neglected to mention is his workaround hack will not
pass the Windows Genuine Advantage validation. So those who use his
hack will soon find they'll need to purchase a Windows 7 "Full Version"
license.


Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Day to day stuff and most system stuff can be done through GUIs. Hey -
> just about everything can be done through a GUI if someone wants to code
> the GUI program. But occasionally one uses the command line for some
> "techy" tasks such as clean installing Windows 7 using the upgrade media
> .. and in some environments it's used with scripts to automate.
>
> Saucy
>
>
> "KristleBawl" <KristleBawl@some.email> wrote in message
> news:udmuc9LVKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> To say they [Microsoft] don't innovate is as silly as your other
>>> statement about never using the command line in Windows. It's one of
>>> these catch all slogans that mean nothing: 'used as a tool to
>>> manipulate the emotions of people who haven't thought things through.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>>
>> If you don't mind my butting in, I know how to use a command line if I
>> need it, but I haven't needed to use one since Win95, and that was
>> only because a friend *collected* infections of all kinds and managed
>> to really mess things up like a professional. (I still laugh about it.)
>>
>> Once installed and running, just how much does Ubuntu rely on command
>> lines without offering a 'click' option? (I know, I know. That wasn't
>> very technical, but pretend I'm a newbie.) <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Passes here. I tested downloading the Powershell 1.0 from the Microsoft
website, something which requires validation i.e. a computer with a 'clean
install using the upgrade media' (don't worry, we pay for our software) was
tested and validation went through OK, no problem.

I would venture, then, that your source is incorrect.

Saucy



"David B." <davidbeezier@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4AE35727.7010703@yahoo.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> What Paul Thurrott neglected to mention is his workaround hack will not
> pass the Windows Genuine Advantage validation. So those who use his hack
> will soon find they'll need to purchase a Windows 7 "Full Version"
> license.
>
>
> Saucy wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> Day to day stuff and most system stuff can be done through GUIs. Hey -
>> just about everything can be done through a GUI if someone wants to code
>> the GUI program. But occasionally one uses the command line for some
>> "techy" tasks such as clean installing Windows 7 using the upgrade media
>> .. and in some environments it's used with scripts to automate.
>>
>> Saucy
>>
>>
>> "KristleBawl" <KristleBawl@some.email> wrote in message
>> news:udmuc9LVKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:darkred--><span style="color:darkred <!--/coloro-->
>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>> To say they [Microsoft] don't innovate is as silly as your other
>>>> statement about never using the command line in Windows. It's one of
>>>> these catch all slogans that mean nothing: 'used as a tool to
>>>> manipulate the emotions of people who haven't thought things through.
>>>
>>> If you don't mind my butting in, I know how to use a command line if I
>>> need it, but I haven't needed to use one since Win95, and that was only
>>> because a friend *collected* infections of all kinds and managed to
>>> really mess things up like a professional. (I still laugh about it.)
>>>
>>> Once installed and running, just how much does Ubuntu rely on command
>>> lines without offering a 'click' option? (I know, I know. That wasn't
>>> very technical, but pretend I'm a newbie.)<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->