We had an employee who put a pirate copy of AutoCAD on his PC. When he had a problem he phoned the AutoCAD helpdesk, gave them the pirated serial number and the company's name.

 

The immediate result was that all of our AutoCAD licences worldwide were suspended for several days until we could establish we had no other pirated copies.

 

 

Autodesk is probably one of the most vigilant company out there. They did a similar investigation on one of my former companies as well that bought one licence of AutoCAD and installed it on 4 different computers. They had to get 3 more licences of AutoCAD.

linux731, on 11 May 2013 - 4:02 PM, said:

 

You're definitely missing something. Actually, you're missing a lot of things. Try putting a DVD movie in your disc drive.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_8

DVD movies work great on my machine. I know you need to install some support for Windows Media player but after that all is good. That said I do believe that MS missed the boat on Media play support with Win8. I believe that the SNAFU was (as usual) a marketing one. Probably some bonehead marketing person thought it was a good way to get added revenue.

 

Anyway, I still think that Window 8 is head and shoulders above Windows 7 on many technical levels. So I won't be going back. If I thought like some in this thread then I would still be running Windows ME. LOL

 

Cheers

jja

Time to fire Ballmer and spinoff Xbox and build windows 9. Mircosoft gonna shrink slowly like GM. Wndows 8 reminds of garbage 82 Ironduke Camaro sports car with 4 cyclinder engine with no punch. New Coke barf, barf. Desktops gonna get Cadalliac eldarado treatment. Mobiles are the future.

If you can't figure out Win 8 then I would suggest that you are illiterate and probably are still using a rotary dial phone. I'm 64 years old and have been using it since it was still in Beta with no problems.

As a few other forward thinkers have stated, it runs every program I have including FSX better than Win7 or XP. Period.

If you can't figure out Win 8 then I would suggest that you are illiterate and probably are still using a rotary dial phone

 

That implies Windows 8 is a step forward, whereas many consider it the reverse, particularly those in the business sector and the I.T community.  With its eye-candy, apps and 'games' focus, Windows-8 is obviously aimed more at teenagers and younger adults.

 

'Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says'

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038912/windows-8-wont-hit-critical-mass-in-enterprises-forrester-says.html

 

Extract:

 

'..Factors affecting enterprises’adoption of Windows 8 are varied; according to Johnson. IT pros aren’t generally convinced that Windows 8 offers their companies a marked improvement over Windows 7, which has proven to be a solid, stable OS".

 

 

Windows 7 still makes up 99% of Toshiba’s enterprise sales

http://bgr.com/2013/10/09/toshiba-windows-7-sales/

 

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90% of people are not tech savvy, so for me and you windows 8 might not be a difficult thing to learn but by a 45 yr old that is still using windows xp because he is "used to it" is a completely different story. You would be surprised how many people out there still dont want to make the move to windows 7, which is not much of a learning curve from windows xp.

 

I have to "get used to" new versions of Windows at work, when IT refreshes my machine and it comes with what they call an "upgrade."  At home, though, where the choice is mine, I've stayed with XP.

 

Go to the mall some Saturday.  Note the crowds at the Apple Store.  Then go over to the Microsoft Store and see how empty it is, particularly when you realize that the people who are there are all employees.  Microsoft seems to be giving up on the consumer market and concentrating on business, where they have such a built-in base that it will be hard for business to escape them.  Their strategy of charging an annual fee for Office products, which businesses are locked into and must pay, will be profitable but not popular.

The problem is there should not be a brand new learning curve with every OS release, I work at a computer retail store and people are actually paying for a windows 7 license to downgrade from windows 8 devices. 90% of people are not tech savvy, so for me and you windows 8 might not be a difficult thing to learn but by a 45 yr old that is still using windows xp because he is "used to it" is a completely different story. You would be surprised how many people out there still dont want to make the move to windows 7, which is not much of a learning curve from windows xp.

Hit the nail on the head, you stated obvious reason why w7 and xp are gold