XP Pro

[thewireguys 3]

I get my stuff from newegg but now they are charging $189.00 for a copy of XP Pro. Last week it was $159.00 what a joke FU Microsoft. Anyone know where we can get better pricing?

[rory 0]

yeah that is ridiculous. Here is the Home Edition .. could make it work?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:672|&Sort=4

 

I cant vouch for these .. many sites like this look alike, but they do have an address?

http://www.discountcomputersurplus.com/software.html

 

maybe get the SP3 then just buy a used one (legalities?) to get the legal serial? (retail only perhaps)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018RCAD4/ref=nosim?tag=windowsreinstall&linkCode=sb1&camp=212353&creative=380549

 

If you can get a legit SP2 new or used then that would work also, if you must have SP3 then slipstream SP3 and critical updates into it .. need info on how to do that let me know. Same goes for an SP1, would need to slip SP2 then SP3. Note some of the updates after SP3 can cause issues.

 

I will keep looking ...

 

if its for an NVR .. no hardware drivers needed ... have you looked at linux with Wine?

[thewireguys 3]

I use it for my Exacq NVRs because I use Teamviewer and it doesn't work with linux yet but as soon as it does I am done with Windows for my Exacq installs.

[rory 0]

Looks like it may work with Wine ...

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5956

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=TeamViewer+Wine

 

Eg, Wine and my app in Ubuntu:

viewtopic.php?f=36&p=116176#p116176

[thewireguys 3]

Thanks Rory thats a big help..... I will try it and let you know.

[CCTV_Suppliers 0]

This version of WINE is very stable... Doing a great job riding on most Linux platforms... some setup issues, but nothing major... Ubuntu and Suse are actually few of the major supporters.

[thewireguys 3]

Teamviewer now supports Linux