> > XP has the potential to be deactivated but have you every heard of that > > happening? I mean an actual case of you know the people involved? I know > > of two boxes that still have the windows nag screen about unauthorized > > product. It still works, it just nags the user every so often.
> Charlie Coleman -- didn't you hear of this happening? Actually, I > thought an online columnist had written about such a fiasco in the early > days of XP when he was flying somewhere---it just locked him out. ??? I had this happen about 6 months ago. I don't remember the details of it, but I believe it was something about changing hardware. I had hardware crap out on me, and I tried to boot XP with the new hardware to get my data off so I could re-install fresh, and it insisted I activate before I could even login(even in SAFE MODE!). Now, I think it might have been the network controller, which means I couldn't activate over the internet, and I didn't want to burn one of my 10 MSDN activations anyways. I ended up being able to boot somehow-- I think putting it into a different computer or booting with a linux disc(can't remember which) to get my data off and re-install.... Quite a pain for something that should have been as simple as booting, loading the network driver, and copying data off... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
