OT - Something actually worked!

I'm still having trouble believing it myself....
I re-formatted a Windows PC the other night and loaded XP-1 (the only
disk I had with a valid code, and it was from another manuf.), and the
damn thing actually worked! No problem whatsoever.

It even detected the after-market sound card (an Audigy-2LS), and
loaded up the drivers. (Actually, it did that after I bit the bullet
and did the online SP-2 upgrade - which I thought might be pushing my
luck).

I don't know about you guys, but I can't even remember the last time I
did something that invasive, where I did not have to sprinkle all the
special herbs and spices, dance a kabuki, or do the three-finger
salute until my knucles bled. Hell, I didn't even have to jump down,
let alone pick a bale of cotton...

"Thanks" Microsoft.
You FINALLY got something right.

-mpm
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