Re: Do you feel degraded by Microsoft's downgrade program?

"You didn't explicitly say, but I'm guessing the recovery partition was
Vista."

Nope - I was 'assured' that it is XP, (confirmed too since that is the
only OS that is/was loaded when I first booted the machine). And if I
hadn't called and ordered Vista recovery media I wouldn't have had any
upgrade path to Vista even though I was sold a license for Vista.

I've heard that Dell & HP do ship recovery media on CD/DVD's. You'd think
that as cheap as it is to burn a CD that including them with the delivery
would be a no brainer and one way to avoid customer headaches should they
need to do a reinstall or desire a change of OS.

I don't care how M$ chooses to count their licenses, I just wish they'd be
honest about it. With all the bad press they get they should look for ways
to eliminate the things that leave a bad taste in the mouths of their
customers.

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the
intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged
information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the
sender by reply e-mail and destroy this and all copies of this message.