"Psykosys" <Psykosys.1a5295@mail.mcse.ms> wrote in message
news:Psykosys.1a5295@mail.mcse.ms...
>
> From what I've read, Microsoft, although really poor-thinking in making
> its decision to ban the distribution of Windows CDs with new PCs,

Apparently that's not so as WinXP Pro CDs continue to be delivered with many
desktops and laptops but NO Tablets.

> does
> permit manufacturers to distribute recovery CDs with their products.
> It's obviously less nice than having the original Windows CD, but the
> least Sony could do is distribute its recovery CDs. I just got a new
> VAIO desktop, and the CD creation wizard absolutely did not work for
> me, refusing to create a DVD and yet not giving any kind of error
> message, and getting halfway through making the CDs to do the same
> thing again. I spent well over an hour talking to tech support, which
> sent me back and forth between people, first from a call center in
> Pakistan[?] back to here, and requiring me to turn off all my services,
> startup items, etc. to "troubleshoot". From what I've read, a lot of
> people have had this problem, so I'd guess this troubleshooting and
> lack of acknowledgement that their included recovery software is awful
> and buggy is simply a means to piss off some people and make them give
> up. When I finally got through it all, yesterday morning, they sent
> off some recovery DVDs, which arrived today. So it seems they
> definitely have the infrastructure for sending complimentary recovery
> CDs, they're just very good at not giving them out.
>
> root wrote:
> > *I couldn't agree more and this is NOT a Sony nor OEM issue.
> >
> > This is a MICROSOFT issue.

An MS issue for Tablets.

I always get a Recovery Disk with HP laptops. I think this is a SONY
issue.

Tom

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