I read everything, then I generally disregard it. I subscribe to MSDN and get 10 of everything for a pittance anyway, so I don't really care about it, aside from that. I have about 4 real copies of XP pro from every time I upgrade. Do I care if I re-register the same one over and over instead of hunting down each copy.. no. Does MS. Not so as I've noticed.
I've had to use the phone service 3 times so far, and they ask you "why" the answer is always. I changed hardware. They don't care. Besides. My firstborn was ugly, I like the second model better. ( joke ) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alister Christie Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:26 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Drive imaging You sound like someone who has actually read the bit about giving away your first born before clicking "I agree" Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington Kyley Harris wrote: > You only have to call MS if you reactivate more than 3 times a year, and > if you are honestly not pirating then who cares. > > If you buy a preinstalled OEM version, such as most laptops then the > license is valid only for that computer. If you buy the disk version for > a little more it is yours for perpetuity for 1 concurrent use license. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Eggleton > Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2006 3:32 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Drive imaging > > Alister Christie wrote on Wednesday, 28 June 2006 3:13 p.m.: > >> You'd probably have to re-activate windows and is probably against >> their license agreement in some way (which I should read one day) - >> replacing the entire computer and "ghosting" the system back onto it. >> > > I don't imagine it's against their licence agreement as long as you > aren't trying to run two copies simultaneously. However you are right, > on non-volume licenced versions of Windows you will probably be forced > to reactivate which means a support call to Microsoft. If it's a genuine > hardware failure I can't see how they could deny reactivation though. > > Cheers, > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
