[Ace]

That's why I use XMplay instead of Media Player.

[Anaz]

also the latest version of msn messanger plus has lop.com stuff packaged with it. It hijacks your browser. I just got through slogging through the registry and the like trying to kill it. If you did get it, a google search will reveal many peeps who have the same problem, and that's how I fixed mine.

[Kamikaze]

Sorry, I can't resist the urge. This is why I use linux.

[Taristin]

's why I use Trillian.

[Admiral LSD]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I don't even have SP1, since my XP Pro is COMPLETELY LEGAL and NOT IN ANY WAY WAY A RIPOFF COPY FROM A FRIEND'S HARD DRIVE

My copy of XP is "COMPLETELY LEGAL" too, and I not only have SP1 but all the updates released since then on not one, but three machines running it

Originally posted by Anaz
also the latest version of msn messanger plus has lop.com stuff packaged with it. It hijacks your browser. I just got through slogging through the registry and the like trying to kill it. If you did get it, a google search will reveal many peeps who have the same problem, and that's how I fixed mine.

As in MSN 6.0? Dunno where you got your copy from but I installed MSN6 on my system a while back and saw no trace of lop.com, or anything else for that matter.

[kasperl]

MSN plus! has a sponsor package, if you read on install, you can disable it with one click.

un-install, re-install, and read.

otherwise, check the msn plus forums, there are lot's of helpfull people there.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Admiral LSD
My copy of XP is "COMPLETELY LEGAL" too, and I not only have SP1 but all the updates released since then on not one, but three machines running it

You've installed the same copy across three machines?

That's illegal! Quick, uninstall two of them! Frankly, I'm shocked at your behaviour.

Anyway, I can get all the updates apart from SP1. When I try to install that, it says that my serial number is COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE and won't let me run it...

[Admiral LSD]

Then change it

edit: MS even show you how on their site

Here it is:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;328874

[diamondgeezer]

OK, so where's the method for lazy people?

[Admiral LSD]

Using msoobe.exe requires less mouse clicks and keystrokes than you used to make that post you can't be that lazy

[JC Denton]

Originally posted by kasperl


1) dunno, since it i don;t use XP
2) dunno, there at 2.91 according to the site.

Blasted typos.  I meant 2.91 in my post, but somehow when I wrote it that's not what came out.

[Woolie Wool]

I've always been a detractor of big government (someone REALLY needs to clean up the goddamned US tax code!), but I think a law should be passed giving the user, not the distributor, ownership of that particular copy of the software.  You should be able to install it on any number of computers, as long as they're your computers and you're not distributing it to anyone else.

Then again, that's all a bunch of wishful thinking. Ever wonder where candidates for Congress and the presidency get all that money for their campaigns?:p

[Admiral LSD]

No, it should continue to be left up to the developer as to how their software gets licenced and package. If they choose to use an restrictive EULA (and you choose to agree to such terms), that is their right. There are licences, such as the GPL and BSD Licences, that offer the kind of freedoms you're suggesting but no developer should be forced into releasing their software under them.

[Fineus]

Originally posted by Anaz
also the latest version of msn messanger plus has lop.com stuff packaged with it. It hijacks your browser. I just got through slogging through the registry and the like trying to kill it. If you did get it, a google search will reveal many peeps who have the same problem, and that's how I fixed mine.

I got hit by that as well, didn't read the damn thing when I was clicking the proceed buttons... heh, what a mistake that was. Although I did finally manage to rip it out by its heart by uninstalling MSN Plus, running ADAWARE about 5 times and generally purging things.

[Agent]

OK So can we summ things up?
Is it smart to install MSN messenger and Service pack 1 or not?

[vyper]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
's why I use Trillian.

It ain't going to be much use very soon. MSN are blocking all but licensed access to thier im networks.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Admiral LSD
you can't be that lazy

Oh you'd be suprised