During my install of the Windows XP Plus! pack on Windows XP
Professional RTM (build 2600) it attempted to contact 207.46.230.220
(www.domestic.microsoft.com) on port 80, the guilty application was
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe - so apparently this tool hits M$FT
every time you run one of their (or all?) .msi files?
It attempted this during the install of the OS (I did an upgrade from a
beta copy) but I didn't write the information down at that time (I
should have...doh!) but I do recall it contacting a server on port 80,
and it is likely the same server.
Eric
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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:33 PM
To: John Oliver
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Subject: Re: XP
So if you don't have web access you can't install and run Microsoft XP??
Also has anyone snooped this transfer and found what port etc.. the data
is going out on? And what IP the data is being sent to.
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Brian Carpio
CSG Systems Inc.
Open Systems Unix System Admin
x3317
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On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, John Oliver wrote:
> Jerry Roy wrote:
> >
> > FYI Everyone,
> >
> > Micrososft XP transfers system information with a unique
> > Installation ID (Generated by your existing hardware) that is sent
> > to Microsoft over the web and Microsoft returns an activation code.
> > Without the activation code the software stops working and the same
> > ID cannot be used across multiple PC's because of the unique
> > hardware ID that was generated. If you change any 3 major pieces of
> > Hardware, you have to get a new activation code.
>
> This isn't news. What I'm wondering, though, is how long it'll be
> before someone circumvents their "Installation ID" scheme, and send
> sthem back to Square One... :-)
>
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