ALPHA17 Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Installing vlc will void the warranty. How can installing VLC on your own laptop cause this? Is this a company provided device? If not, suggest you get the laptop replaced ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Dante Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Installing vlc will void the warranty. Even keeping porn will not void the warranty, let alone vlc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolfy among us Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Installing vlc will void the warranty. Which company laptop is yours? And own laptop? that's the weirdest thing i've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I am surprised none of you heard that before. Last time I asked about tracking vlc and all of them were aware of this yeah, I am talking about this thread. Apparently, they have some registry thing which shows if software is installed on a system or not. Its in all laptop. HP and sony have this policy for sure:| According to them, vlc can cause damage to speakers because it has upto 400% volume :| like vlc is the only software which is capable of doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 ^^ Resign immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolfy among us Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I am surprised none of you heard that before. Last time I asked about tracking vlc and all of them were aware of this yeah, I am talking about this thread. Apparently, they have some registry thing which shows if software is installed on a system or not. Its in all laptop. HP and sony have this policy for sure:| According to them, vlc can cause damage to speakers because it has upto 400% volume :| like vlc is the only software which is capable of doing it I was aware of this discussion, but then you also said installing a new OS, so was thinking it was personal laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avkash Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 ^^ Resign immediately. THIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 it IS my personal laptop, I asked the local vendor and he confirmed it (will ask about this in SC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven Angel Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 According to them, vlc can cause damage to speakers because it has upto 400% volume :| After 100% sound is not even clear. and nobody will use 400% Just install and use it. It doesn't break warranty in anyway. Apparently, they have some registry thing which shows if software is installed on a system or not. Its in all laptop. HP and sony have this policy for sure:| It's bullcrap. There is no such thing. Open regedit and see it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolfy among us Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 it IS my personal laptop, I asked the local vendor and he confirmed it (will ask about this in SC) What brand is your laptop? Also, after you uninstall VLC, all the registry entries should be cleaned. Even if it doesn't there are dime a dozen tools which can do it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 According to them, vlc can cause damage to speakers because it has upto 400% volume :| After 100% sound is not even clear. and nobody will use 400% Just install and use it. It doesn't break warranty in anyway. Apparently, they have some registry thing which shows if software is installed on a system or not. Its in all laptop. HP and sony have this policy for sure:| It's bullcrap. There is no such thing. Open regedit and see it yourself. Guys, thats what I thought. But I asked the same question here in this thread hoping I get a response like "its bullshit, just install it" instead I got "Yup they can track with some registry thing" from 2-3 people. Please answer if you guys are completely certain about it. Edit: its just 2 pages back of this thread. See it for yourself :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolfy among us Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Ideally, when you uninstall an application, it should remove every trace of it's existence from the system. If VLC does not do that also, you can clear the registry entries yourself. Also, you are not mentioning which brand laptop. I want to read their warranty claim terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I did, check my previous post. Its HP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I did, check my previous post. Its HP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven Angel Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 You are over thinking it. 1) VLC is "open source and free". It cannot void warranty in any way. 2) Usually company people just feed bullcrap on customers mind, so that they keep it n00b friendly. They don't want users to go and try some software which they don't know. 3) You can see what's inside your computer. Open regedit and see if there is any TRACKER, lol. Also, upon installation, all registry stuff gets deleted as well. No traces left. 4) New laptops come with VLC installed. Does that break warranty? What browser are you using? It's free just like VLC..Does it void the warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avkash Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 when you install a program it generally creates the registry entry - true when you uninstall it is generally removes the entry - true using registry entries it can be tracked if you have installed a program - true sometimes programs uninstall but do not remove the registry entry - true you can remove the registry entry manually - true Install, use, uninstall, remove registry entry where is the problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Do you guys really think I didn't know that? I came here confirming this but I got completely opposite view from Shantz and ambar. Hence, I didn't install it. Now you guys are saying otherwise I am confused now. I have an idea, lets end this discussion still Appreciate your replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 ^Dont try it dude. People get fired over that. Companies regulates such softwares as they might threaten their network. "What if there is an exploit in VLC and anyone can use it to gain access to your network and compromise it?" This is how companies think. There is a 1 in million chance of it happening, but companies wont take that chance. They have stringent policies, and HP I guess you are in HP consulting? Then it is a strict no-no. Why risk your job or appraisal for such trivial thing? And Joe Cool is a kid, someone who hasn't worked anywhere, when I was in collage I used think like that. Dont listen to his advice about changing registries. Most companies do a thorough registry check at start up using scripts. Heck my earlier company used to run a startup script that reset my homepage in IE along with favorites and re-activated set toolbars for IE and Windows both. Annoying but it was part of start up script. So dont bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avkash Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 BC he said it is his personal laptop on the last page, some days back he said it is company Dante sale DmC ka Dante hai kya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg man Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I agree with what Rock Lee has said. Specially HP tracks everything you do on the laptop even when you're not connected to their network. Next time you log into their network everything goes to them. I know one guy working in HP who go fired over watching Porn in home in his private net. He still tells me that he clicked a popup accidentally which took him to a Porn site. Now I don't know the exact story but officially he was fired for watching Porn on private network. Do not violate company policies at any cost. Don't apply your own registry cleaning funda, because if you thought of it they did it too. And most likely they have a solution for that. _________________________________ Typed with one finger on a sheet of glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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