Javilk wrote:
>
> > Dear Brett,
> > Your concern has been heard, and we have changed the Bios of our
> > unpcoming PIII systems to address your wishes.
> > Based on the marketplace reaction to Intel's Processor Serial Number
> > (P#) feature, Dell has chosen to implement a BIOS switch in our
> > upcoming Pentium III systems that will disable P# as Dell's default
> > setting. With this default setting, users will not need to do
>
> But any smart software, be it written by MS or any other vendor,
> should have no trouble in turning it back on! I even bet there will be an
> svc call in the next Windoze to turn it on, if there isn't one already in
> 98. I would not be surprised if it was MS who asked for the serial
> number in the first place.
At the BIOS level, though? Wouldn't that at least require a reboot to
reinitialize it?
True, Windoze could do it quietly at boot, but once you passed the
initialization stage you'd have to go back and reboot for changes to
take effect, no?
Would seem we need a system tray icon to sit down there next to ICQ and
the modem monitor and the sound . . . "your P# is ON!" :0
B
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