Hey, I have heard that Microsoft is cracking down on pirated software. So if you are talking about full system reformatting with Windows Vista, then there might be some problems. A classmate of mine had some trouble with his system. *NOTE* This is just information that he has told me, so I don't know the validity of it, but maybe someone else can confirm. */NOTE* According to him, Vista creates a hash check with your system every time you reformat....

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As you can see, I'm new to this site. I am currently a freshman in college. I have about 2 and a half years of c++ coding experience. That was a while ago, but I'm getting back into it. Anyway, I have close friends working at a small jewelry store. They currently have no technical help, other than one of those archaic calculators that prints! They keep all of their customers information in folders. The one friend of mine...