Rebuilding my lappy.

missing apps

Published on September 17, 2011 By Uvah In Personal Computing

So I got my brand new used laptop and I'm missing some apps whose install packs are on the other drive, the old one. Bins for one. I can't find the installer, I had the beta version and Winstep. I have the dock only but not the shelf. Also photoshop doesn't work so good nor does cfx.. On CFX the cursor is invisible when I apply one. I had to uninstall CFX because I had no cursor at all. Its there but I can't see it except when I mouse over something. As for photoshop, when I open a new window its gets stuck up top and I can't move it at all and none of the drop down menus work. Any thoughts on how I can solve these things?

Comments (Page 3)

kona0197

on Sep 19, 2011

CarGuy1

reply 29

Also, my Win 7 Enterprise edition key can be used on an unlimited amount of machines.

So, in theory, you can use this copy to sell machines loaded with that copy of 7 until your blue in the face?

starkers

on Sep 19, 2011

kona0197

reply 20

Quoting starkers, reply 17That's one thing I never liked about laptops... the recovery partition instead of a disc.

That is the standard for any mass produced computer these days be it a notebook or desktop.

By the way did you get a OS disk with the sale?

I don't buy proprietary brand desktop PC's [always build my own] and I don't own a laptop, though the missus does. We each have a netbook with a recovery partition, but those have no ROM drive anyhow. I suppose, though, if I really wanted to do away with the recovery partition, I could always mount an OS install on a bootable USB stick.. or plug in an external DVD ROM.

Uvah

reply 23

Nope, no OS disc came with it. No biggie though, I have my own W7 Pro disc 64 bit. I did a variation on the upgrade. Booted up, put the install disc for W7 in the tray, opened it up, clicked on setup.exe and boom, four hours later after I did a backup restore from my external HDD, all folders skins and other nice stuff. Did a reinstall of WB, DX, CFX, which BTW is working now,

Hopefully all will work as it should from now on... here's wishing you all the best with it.

Uvah

reply 23

But, knock wood, all is good in the land of insane folks.......

Like starkers and a few others who should remain nameless but

'Ere, who are you calling insane? I'll have you know that I'm as sane as the next person. Ask anyone at the asylum, they'll tell ya.

starkers

on Sep 19, 2011

kona0197

reply 31

Quoting CarGuy1,
reply 29
Also, my Win 7 Enterprise edition key can be used on an unlimited amount of machines.

So, in theory, you can use this copy to sell machines loaded with that copy of 7 until your blue in the face?

Um, no!! The Technet license allows you to install the software in machines IN your immediate possession. To sell PC's with the software installed would be considered illegal/unauthorised distribution.

CarGuy1

on Sep 19, 2011

kona0197

reply 31

So, in theory, you can use this copy to sell machines loaded with that copy of 7 until your blue in the face?

That would be against the EULA and would be a quick way to get arrested for piracy. It would take a bigger fool than I to go down that road.

Uvah

on Sep 19, 2011

Hey starkers..............

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!! Haaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha!

Got Bins and Rainmeter 2.1 installed and running.

Here's a question for Xiandi. How do I change the text color on Stealth Drone WB? The grey on black is hard to see.

kona0197

on Sep 19, 2011

I have yet to see anyone arrested for selling a PC with pirated software. Happens all the time on Craigslist. So either it does not make news or more people get away with it then is worth to prosecute.

Jafo

on Sep 19, 2011

kona0197

reply 36

The process with TechNet is that you are specifically a MS Customer who is directly linked to however many licences/keys you click 'get' on.

The reason is to facilitate developers/etc to run variations of the MS OS on variations of hardware to debug/develop software, etc.

If you were stupid enough as to give a key/whatever to a third party....well...MS knows where you live....and will happily have your balls....

This specific computer I'm typing on has 5 licenced OS's running on it....

kona0197

on Sep 19, 2011

Jafo

reply 37

If you were stupid enough as to give a key/whatever to a third party....well...MS knows where you live....and will happily have your balls....

Find that hard to digest. Why then does MS allow pirating to go on with 3rd party computer sales?

starkers

on Sep 20, 2011

Uvah

reply 35

Hey starkers..............

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!! Haaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha!

Got Bins and Rainmeter 2.1 installed and running.

Good stuff... hopefully the reformat has resolved all your isseues and it's all plain sailing from here on.

kona0197

reply 38

Quoting Jafo,
reply 37
If you were stupid enough as to give a key/whatever to a third party....well...MS knows where you live....and will happily have your balls....

Find that hard to digest. Why then does MS allow pirating to go on with 3rd party computer sales?

kona, t's not that MS allows it, rather that resources to prosecute incidences of software piracy are kept quite busy . However, those who pirate MS software have joined the queue to prosecution. It may not happen today, tomorrow, next week or even next month, but MS has vowed to bring pirates of its software before the courts.

I heard a while back that FBI agents are here in Australia to enable the prosecution of digital media pirates here, and that several people have appeared before the courts with various piracy related charges. I don't agree with foreign/US law enforcement agencies operating on our soil, because it surely wouldn't happen if the boot was on the other foot, but apparently some of those arrested were charged with offenses relating to MS software. So if you want to take the chance, be it on your own head when that dreaded knock at the door arrives.

kona0197

on Sep 20, 2011

I wasn't talking about myself. I have a legit version of 7 that came with this notebook and a COA key. I was talking about all the selling on sites like CL.

Uvah

on Sep 20, 2011

starkers

reply 39

hopefully the reformat has resolved all your isseues

Yup...even the spelling ones..............................................................................................issues.....

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