If I am reading you correctly, what you are suggesting Jim is unacceptable, you know that, but people do. What they don't do is tell someone how to do it. All this is "whatifs". We know that people pick up on things on the internet. Consider the effect of it on those who have no other way but to purchase and pay the price. Pirate copies push up the price in my very humble opinion. I've snipped a lot of your mail in consideration of those who don't have an always on connection.
Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Janet, > >> Apparently a computer that doesnt have an activated O/S may >> eventually stop working. I watched this programme a week or so back. > > Exactly! >> Activation is Microsoft's way of making sure you have a valid copy >> of Windows XP; without it, XP only works for a month and then stops >> working. > > It is possible to copy your own wpa.dbl file from Windows\system32 > folder of an activated copy of XP to a floppy etc. then reinstall XP > then copy the wpa file back to that folder. I have tried this a few > times and it seems to have worked sometimes. >> There is one very important exception, which counts if you have >> bought a computer with Windows already installed, and that is >> probably most XP users. That copy is only valid for use on that >> computer alone. > > That seems to be so. > >> According to Microsoft's rules, you are not allowed to transfer >> that copy of Windows over to a new computer, even if you're not >> using the old one anymore. > > One thought has come to mind related to this. What if you use drive > copy and copy your HD to the one on another computer that doesn't > have XP installed? I guess you could test that by moving the whole > drive to another computer to see what happens. > > Jim ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
