I hate to say this Hugh ;-), but when you PAY for an OS, you should OWN the OS and not have to "call home" every time you want to "breath". I think it's ridiculous to have to put up with this BS every time someone wants to change their hardware. M$ has no right to put people through this when they want to upgrade/replace a piece of hardware. They are determined to track everything their users do like a nursery school teacher with toddler students, and it seems like someday they are going to require a barcode on all of our foreheads if we want to use Windows, or fingerprint or retinal scans. I don't see how you guys can put up with this. Thankfully I use some version that doesn't require activation when I have to reformat or change my hardware. If it did, I'd still be on Win98 or Linux, maybe even Apple/Mac. For someone like I who is constantly making changes, it would be intolerable. You're a tolerable guy. :-)
*I applaud* M$'s efforts in their quest for security and anti-piracy. However with their release of SP2 and various actions since, and their over-zealous attempts toward their quest by putting "leashes" on their users, have hurt their 99% (or whatever) legit users. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" I read this article and it actually doesn't seem all that bad. I've had to deal with activation several times with new motherboards, parts, etc. and it's just no big deal with a legitimate product code. MS is addressing thieves with this procedure, as they have every right to do. "Seeing as how the typical OEM would normally preactivate Windows XP, most legitimate users shouldn't have much need to go through the activation process." **********From Peter Kaulback********************************* Microsoft in their latests attempt to thwart piracy at the consumer level have opted to force users to call M$ to activate their XP installation, activation will be granted after certain preliminary questions are answered. I don't know about any of you but 30 minute calls to Redmond for activation of a single product is becoming tedious. http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Closes_Activation_Loophole/1109293 194 Consider also that the life cycle for support of XP Home edition ends in 2006, with the release of the next windows OS: Longhorn. Hmm, buy a license for a product, activate the license, renew the license (if the product breaks) after friendly grilling from the owners of the product. Owning a car is easier. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
