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Hi Manuel,
The unspecified changes are Hardware changes.
See when you setup XP legally it polls your system hardware
and creates a unique (insert magic here) code.
then it sends the code over the internet (or asks you to call
them) and they issue a key based of this Hardware driven code.
supposedly the key is only supposed to work with the that
configuration of hardware. this is so you can't install the operating system on
a different computer and then use the same key
Ben Johansen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:20
PM
Subject: Re: [Off Topic] - Access &
XP registration numbers
What does it mean "unspecified changes" ??? Currently
everytime we have to issue a Billy's three finger salute the registry
gets altered and changes. God only knows how many times, behind the
scenes, the computer is reconfigured on fail start-ups.
To me it looks
like MS Billions of dollars in research are spend not for a better product but
for better CONTROL OVER USERS and since they hold the monopoly in the OS
game we are at his mercy.
My two pennies,
Manuel
Neville
wrote:
007701c1a470$e6e5d940$3d3530d2@pavilion" type="cite">Not quite Scott.
More than 5 unspecified changes triggers an "alert" requiring one to email
or phone Microsoft to get a new "registration number" so in the strictest
sense I guess it is cancelled but you do not have to purchase another one.
If you buy more than 5 copies of XP you can qualify for a "corporate"
registration number which doesn't expire or require all the complex
checking. A number of people (and I _stress_ this) who have legitimate
copies of XP have just used "corporate" registration numbers that are
available on certain websites and that has fixed the re-registration
process.
It's a pity when honest purchases are treated like potential criminals.
What happens when XP stops for reregistration in the middle of an
unstoppable process in a mission critical chemical plant or hospital
surgery?
Wait until someone in the US MS sues for this event.
American readers should be aware that MS has h
ad compulsory registration
by phone or email on a number of it's products for non US users for a number
of years now. Yes we resent it!
and while we are at it, check this:
FYI
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D21023,00.asp
warning about the consequences of Win XP's default setting to automatic
upgrade. Apparently, some of the patches are worse than what they are
trying to fix. If you have sites running on XP which suddenly break,
this could be a reason. The advice is to switch from automatic upgrade
to automatic notify when new patches become available.
YMMV etc
Hope that helps clarify things a little.
Americans are not big on the
"Big Brother" approach that M$ is taking
with Windows XP. As I understand it, if
you change more than 5 things in your PC,
M$ will know about it and in some cases,
such changes will cancel your XP license
and you'll have to purchase a new one.
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