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   Shadow to the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfsinc   
   Re: Swapping Hard Drives   
   16 Jun 16 16:19:37   
   
   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 02:39:10 GMT, Joe Zeff   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 10:28:28 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:   
   >   
   >>  (This is a perfect example of why I have   
   >> moved to Ubuntu, except for a few boxes, due to manufacturers who only   
   >> write their code for windows.   
   >   
   >Use Wine if it will work.  If not, run XP in VirtualBox.  Problem solved.   
      
   	+1 to VirtualBox   
   	And use something like xpy or xp-AntiSpy to disable it calling   
   home. Even if you have a legit license (as I do) no reason to send   
   private info to M$ servers.   
   	[]'s   
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