VooDooChicken
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yesterday my main computer broke. It is an old dual core running win xp. When I got it Vista was already in the market, but everybody was still buying xp because of Vista problems. The thing is I left it turned on, when to watch TV for an hour or so, and when I got back it was off. When I tried to turn it on again it went off right then, and when I tried to turn it on again it beeped, but would not start anything, and it would not turn off even by holding the power button. Today I tried to turn it on by disconnecting video card and using the mo-bo video output, tried turning it on by disconnecting the memory chips in alternate order and nothing, so is not video card or memory it seems. Probably processor. Rather than the computer itself I am worried about the programs and licenses, which are linked to that device. I am writing this on a recent macbook pro and I am supposed to receive soon a win 10 device with a current cpu, 1 tera hard drive and touch screen, and I even have other devices built with the same hardware references so I could just swap hardware pieces if needed, but if I change the processor, which is my main worry, the licenses may stop working (my guess is that they are linked to the cpu serial number, but just a guess, or else you could just copy all files in other computer and it would work without buying a license)
There is also the thing that because of current situation, I can not just go to a shop and see if a technician with enough hardware inventory can do something to see if it can be saved using the right spares. Is not the end of the world for me yet, and I already had plans to move to standards and free tools so I would not depend on brands, devices or specific tools or formats, but those were plans, this got me with my pants down, and even if I already have a plan, this could take me back months, since I am not willing yet to make aside projects in which I have been working for months or years
Right now I just want to stuff myself with dark chocolate (not that I have any available, but still is what I would like to do), or do something to cheer me up, and then I'll try to cool down and make a plan
There is also the thing that because of current situation, I can not just go to a shop and see if a technician with enough hardware inventory can do something to see if it can be saved using the right spares. Is not the end of the world for me yet, and I already had plans to move to standards and free tools so I would not depend on brands, devices or specific tools or formats, but those were plans, this got me with my pants down, and even if I already have a plan, this could take me back months, since I am not willing yet to make aside projects in which I have been working for months or years
Right now I just want to stuff myself with dark chocolate (not that I have any available, but still is what I would like to do), or do something to cheer me up, and then I'll try to cool down and make a plan