Extreme, I confess, but a programmer working on a project I'm
supervising just lost three days of work because he had exceeded the
number of activations Microsoft allowed him on his WinXP Pro license.
I think the number was 32. But he'd had to reinstall due to hard
crashes, a couple of disk drive swaps....and I think he was running
multiple instances of the OS on a couple of partitions out of paranoia.
But as Chipp has pointed out recently, Apple's OS upgrades frequently
involve what I like to call "catastrophic improvements" in the
software that makes life hard. Bottom line: this stuff isn't easy and
it should be.
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Dan Shafer, Co-Chair
RevConWest '05
June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/RevConWest
On Jun 2, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
Stephen King wrote:
As a windows user I have never had any problem with reactivation
(and am not personally aware of anyone who has had a problem). I
have upgraded most parts of my PCs (both have separate licensed
copies of XP) and typically clear and reinstall every year or two
anyway to clear out the garbage.
At no time has activation caused me any difficulties. It all seems
to happen seamlessly.
Cheers
Steve
Wow. You are lucky. I've had tons of problems with reactivation. On
one computer, I replaced the motherboard and the MS activation team
couldn't get me activated no matter how many hours and hours I
spent on the phone with them, escalating up the chain of command. I
ended up *actually* having to buy a 2nd copy of WinXP (if you can
believe it!) to solve the problem. Truly they've still got serious
issues with activation. Funny thing is, you can find bootleg copies
of XP, so the pirates must be happy, it just the honest customers
who are screwed.
-Chipp
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