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[empty cookie jar]

so i bought this laptop last year and a buddy of mine installed the 2003 software for me....

anyway, somehow a couple days ago my 2003 icon had somehow become 2007....not sure how it happened, i uploaded a couple word documents online, maybe microsoft detected i was using an old version and switched my 2003 to 2007 without me knowing....

anyway, all the stuff i have saved in word, i can't do anything but look at it....can't even copy and paste it to something else....they want to charge me $280.....WTF

anybody know a way around this?

[Extra Innings]

so i bought this laptop last year and a buddy of mine installed the 2003 software for me....

anyway, somehow a couple days ago my 2003 icon had somehow become 2007....not sure how it happened, i uploaded a couple word documents online, maybe microsoft detected i was using an old version and switched my 2003 to 2007 without me knowing....

anyway, all the stuff i have saved in word, i can't do anything but look at it....can't even copy and paste it to something else....they want to charge me $280.....WTF

anybody know a way around this?

You downloaded Window's Genuine Advantage. Ask the Ivanator...he once broke into Citibank's system. You're ****ed if you ask me.

[empty cookie jar]

think i messed up when i started messing around with acrobat reader....i don't remember anything popping up from microsoft, but all the 2003 stuff somehow got replaced with 2007....

almost like they had an online detective that said "AH-HA, we got us a freeloader."

[Extra Innings]

think i messed up when i started messing around with acrobat reader....i don't remember anything popping up from microsoft, but all the 2003 stuff somehow got replaced with 2007....

almost like they had an online detective that said "AH-HA, we got us a freeloader."

Part of Windows Updates...

[empty cookie jar]

ah, that makes sense.....seems like i get regular updates though, wonder why it took so long for them to screw me? maybe they were waiting for me to get 1,000 pages of stuff.....

they can kiss my nuts if they think i'm paying 300 bucks though.....just a matter of time before i find someone who can hook me up....just have to make sure i save everything to works though.....sat here mad as hell the last 2 days trying to figure out how to access my documents

[Extra Innings]

ah, that makes sense.....seems like i get regular updates though, wonder why it took so long for them to screw me? maybe they were waiting for me to get 1,000 pages of stuff.....

they can kiss my nuts if they think i'm paying 300 bucks though.....just a matter of time before i find someone who can hook me up....just have to make sure i save everything to works though.....sat here mad as hell the last 2 days trying to figure out how to access my documents

There are cracks out there....ask Richard Moss....I think he sells copies for 5.00

[Tommy_de1st]

You are being watched from now on

[iwant2lrn]

my stuff started locking up when I installed acrobat TOO. Those bastards!!

[empty cookie jar]

my stuff started locking up when I installed acrobat TOO. Those bastards!!

i think that must be it.....i updated acrobat so i could copy and paste a word document to someone who wanted it in that format....haven't been the same since....never used acrobat before so i always declined the updates

[eidolon]

Just do a system restore. The day before it all went haywire. Then next time updates come up, don't let it install it automatically. Go through the updates and don't install the Window's Genuine Advantage update

[Tommy_de1st]

Just do a system restore. The day before it all went haywire. Then next time updates come up, don't let it install it automatically. Go through the updates and don't install the Window's Genuine Advantage update

This guy is right

I turned off all updates in my computer

[empty cookie jar]

i tried system restore.....it's usually my answer to everything when i'm messing around in the cyber gutters and i catch something i don't want.....

didn't work though

i will try again though and keep an eye on the windows genuine update.....they kind of snuck that in on me.....bastards

[Tommy_de1st]

RE-install the system and do the hard disc format, that will help for sure

[Tommy_de1st]

but first copy your files to another drive

[ivanator]

Before you do anything drastic, check out http://www.openoffice.org/

It opens any word documents and saves them too. You might want to switch completly or just use it to get you by in the mean time.

[ivanator]

The best part is that it is free.

[empty cookie jar]

thanks, that looks promising.....also, is it possible for my neighbors to find out i'm using their wireless connection?

can't look at lesbian porn without getting a bit paranoid that someone's gonna start banging on the door while i'm spanking it

[ivanator]

Yes it is very easy for them to find out. I wouldn't worry about it though, unless you were downloading music or something like that, in which case that is just wrong

[ivanator]

You'll be fine with the lesbos, it's substantially harder for them to see what you are looking at, they would just know you are using it. Although it is technically possible for them to know.

However, since the network is unsecured anyways they probably don't know anything

[empty cookie jar]

that sucks.....i been doing it about a month, there's about 10 to 15 networks i can pick up, about half of those are unsecured....i figure by now someone would have been tipped off, but so far no one has secured their network....

[Tommy_de1st]

My notebook detected dozen of them but all protected

[keyboarding]

However, since the network is unsecured anyways they probably don't know anything

Indeed.

[eidolon]

Just make sure your computer name isn't: "empty cookie jar" or whatever your real name is.

[empty cookie jar]

ha, i changed my computer name to "stephanie" shortly after.....figure they'd never suspect me of having a woman over

[keyboarding]

ha, i changed my computer name to "stephanie" shortly after.....figure they'd never suspect me of having a woman over

Also make sure you don't have any shared folders or files. They could access them over the network if they aren't password protected.