Hi Paul,
actually when you buy windows xp upgrades in the package there's a
sticker, (the product key) that should be stuck to the back of your
computer.
when you buy a new computer with xp pre installed on a desktop or laptop,
the product key is stuck to the back or bottom of the system.
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Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:55:59 -0700
Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PH> That bothered me as well regarding Dean's message. I guess they are just
PH> trying to obey the letter of the law and I completely understand that.
But,
PH> I for one, would have not paid for a new sticker when I already had 6.11.
PH> No way. Talk about being screwed?
PH> If I had lost mine, I just wouldn't have mentioned it. I suppose
humanware
PH> would have noticed it if I had sent in my unit for repair. But if they
are
PH> so concerned, and according to the law they should be; then let them do
PH> something that makes that sticker easy to find and let them give a
PH> certificate of authentication as sighted folks get with their microsoft
PH> purchases. When I purchase something from microsoft, I don't get some
tiny
PH> sticker I have to affix to my computer. Why should it be with a
braille note?
PH> At 8/8/2005, you wrote:
PH>
PH> >I for one was disgusted with the way Theresa was answered last
PH> >night. Basically, the message sounded like, "too bad" you lost it, you
PH> >have to pay for it.
PH> >Sighted people could have lost that same little tiny piece of
PH> >stamp-looking paper. I know many sighted people who do. I'm just glad,
PH> >Theresa, that you found it.
PH> >Regards,
PH> >Rhonda
PH> >
PH> > > ----- Original Message -----
PH> > >From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PH> > >To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
PH> > >Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:06:19 -0400
PH> > >Subject: Re: lost sticker Re: [Braillenote] update
PH> >
PH> > >Hi all,
PH> >
PH> > >I agree, Kathy. The sticker came in the plastic bag with the CF card,
PH> > >and if you weren't looking for it, or if you didn't know it was there,
PH> > >it might have fallen out of the bag and been vacuumed up. I think a
PH> > >discussion with Humanware in CA, plus an exploration of the situation
PH> > >with Microsoft is an excellent plan. I hate to say this, Dean, but if
PH> > >you're blind, and if you aren't aware that this little sticker is
PH> > >sitting in the bag, you could easily junk the bag. As I say, if
PH> > >you're blind and that tiny slip of paper falls on the floor, it
PH> > >doesn't make a sound, it is too small. There has to be a way to solve
PH> > >this problem without someone having to pay for their blindness! That
PH> > >really *is* unfair. That thing is an inch long, if that and a half
PH> > >an inch wide. it should have been placed in an envelope with a
PH> > >braille label on it that said clearly what it was. The CF card was
PH> > >labeled., why not the license, especially if it is that important!
PH> > >Folks, you gots to think about who's using this stuff. It is obvious
PH> > >that the case for the CF card needed a label, but why wasn't it
PH> > >obvious that that so important, tiny piece of paper didn't need one
PH> > >too? I suggest little envelopes like you find pinned on sweaters
PH> > >that have extra buttons in them. Then, you could label them in
PH> > >Braille and in large print so that this tiny slip of paper could be
PH> > >safe.
PH> > >Psst, here's a secret. I found my little sticker, and I determined
PH> > >that I wanted the thing placed on my machine correctly, without
PH> > >damaging the sticker and so that it covered up the previous one. I
PH> > >got sighted help to do it. Figured I wanted the thing done right.
PH> >
PH> > >Ann P.
PH> >
PH> > >--
PH> > > Ann K. Parsons
PH> > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PH> > >WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp
PH> > >Skype: Putertutor
PH> > >"All that is gold does not glitter.
PH> > >Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
PH> >
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