You ought to know me a bit by now Rookster...I talk about my failures as much as my "wins".I don't care.Life's too short.I'm just actually kinda usin the battery deal as a comparo to "fallin for the okie doke".Which is what THIS battery sounds like(to me).Stuff blows in here like a storm cloud....all bright and showy like.Bunch of guys bite..(me included)...then she blows on through....and then what?Never hear of the subject again.I mean...ya...it's cool.Just funny though how the ebb and flow of the money world goes.I've spent SO MUCH cash on stuff that I really didn't need..guess we all have to some degree.I'm a tad jaded when it comes to "new" stuff(in an "old" package).Most of the things I've bought since "sportbiking" has been legit,useful things....I just really didn't need it.
So I go online...you know..."shopping".For a new operating system.I was runnin windows XP.NOTHING actually wrong with the one I "had" on here.So I go and buy Windows 7.I run the compatibility wizard you know...to make sure my computer can deal with the programs and such in the new OS.Cool...it reports..."fine".WooHooo!Okay...I'm upgradin then.Not very spendy...119 dollars for a brand new OS.
So I buy the OS.Install.She goes in fine.HOWEVER...this is a seriously big HOWEVER...I can't get online now...my network adapter won't support the new OS.WTH????And...to top it off...I've lost my xp OS to boot!.So I can't take the win7 off and reload my xp.FUC%!!!!I'm stuck.Nothin I can do.Well...heck with that.I call Microsoft...after several run arounds...I get this tech in .....INDIA.Yep...you know about this most likely.Oh he's a real guy...BUT...his English is like ...fairly broken.I spend the whole day virtually trying to get it through to him what's happening."here,go to 'my computer.click on...' ya ya ya.Like I've never used a PC before.He can't help me(God Bless him...he was givin it all he could).I end up tellin him what I need to do!SHEESH.Anyway...I say to myself"aw,shi# man,screw this...I'll BUY another xp and just reload it,get that friggin win 7 off there".
OKAY....so I get online..(after I went and bought another NETWORK ADAPTER CARD).Find this pc company that sells OS's and such.Ya...79 dollars...SHWEET...brand new XP OS.I pay the bucks.Get a download link the next day.Download that puppy.Goes in fine...WoHoo...back to my good running system again.Get er all customized again how I want it...you know,several hours of tweaking it .Reload all my saved programs and such.Everything's just ducky again!
Go to activate this bad boy....ooopps...the "key" no worky.WTH????Try again...completely reload and set er up again...try the key...nope...she aint gonna activate.I'm a tad pissed now.I've got 30 days and counting until this baby shuts down....forever!
I contact the seller...tell him what's happening.AGAIN..."reload the program in CUSTOM mode"...ya...that's what I first did...custom...for a FULL install.BOTH times.Key NO WORKETH.What I've got apparently is....a pirated,counterfeit copy of Windows XP.I tell em this...nicely.(even Microsoft said that when I went to activate it"YOU MAY BE A VICTIM OF COUNTERFEITING...this copy of XP is NOT VALID)...Great...just great.I again tell em...it would be cool IF you could refund the money I payed for a WORKING copy of XP.The guy says(in an e-mail)...."here's a link to teach you how to download and setup your XP PRO program".Okay....I'm speaking to an .I don't have XP PRO ya moron.This is after several e-mails telling em my XP HOME EDITION won't activate...and several replys telling me"reload in custom mode".Geez...I tell ya....(I should have realized when I purchased the thing at the beginning)....their main store(if that's what it is) is in CHINA!!!!!!I wrote em back and said...Ya..okay...you all have a wonderful new year.Aint heard back since.
On the PLUS side though...I got my Win 7 to work very nicely.She's a sweet OS,just took some time to personalize her...that's all.And that's my story.For now.Today.
Anyone want to buy a downloaded ready to install XP disc?It does work...if only for 30 days at a time!
The Turntech....was....a disappointment.Live and learn.
Shorai......Shoei....hmmm....little pirating goin on there?Namewise?WHERE are these babies made?The REAL source.Sorry,just can't help but see the similarities here .They're probably perfectly fine.
"I go faster when my tank is empty"...or somethin like that.Ya gotta watch that "goin faster" when she's readin "empty"...Bro...you'll burn up yer remaining.8 tenths in a heartbeat if ya aint careful with yer throttlehand!!!!!I found myself tryin to "get there" faster on low fuel.Lucky I didn't end up stranded!Ever hear that little voice when that tank display starts flashin "empty empty".First thing it says is..."HURRY UP NOW...YER GONNA RUN OUT IF YA DON'T GET THERE QUICK!!!" That's the WORST thing you can do...is go faster!
* Last updated by: blue07 on 1/5/2011 @ 1:38 AM *