-----It appears that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, on 20030323 3:39 AM: >I finally typed in a serie of 1, and it worked. When I open these >apps, the info screen now shows (replacing genuine numbers by "x") >"Product ID: xxxxx-111-1111111-xxxxx, neatly arranged as a Microsoft >Product ID should be. When I said that in the windows community, they all >laughed stating it was truly impossible and unheard of in the Microsoft >world.
Funny, that doesn't sound odd to me at all, and here's why: Some years ago, I watched an 18-year-old computer genius doing a complete reformat/reinstall of Windows and MSOffice onto my sister's computer. When he got to the registration screens, he would simply type "1" over and over until the appropriate number of characters were entered. Amazed, I asked him if that were really the serial number. "Nope," he said, "Microsoft engineers leave that as a kind of "skeleton key" number to save them time. It's been working for years, but I expect someday they'll change it." . . . Sounds like they haven't changed it everywhere, eh? - dan + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Dan Feather [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615-385-2812 AppleScript solutions for Macintosh applications Website and product development and testing Desktop publishing and prepress services + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
