Ouch ! Activation Ouch !
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I have just been visiting an aquaintance who appears to be an XP activation basket case. He is using a PC as a Marine Device, and regularly changes the configuration etc, as he breaks the stuff apart for his security reasons. Anyhow since purchase in Mid January he went to activate XP for the forth time and discovered he couldn't :-) Ouch ! Further investigation discovered that you can only activate XP 3 times in the first 30 days. Ouch ! He's going to put his old Win98 back in now, But it appears his XP purchase is finished ! So when you buy XP what eaxctly are you purchasing ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
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I have just been visiting an aquaintance who appears to be an XP activation basket case. He is using a PC as a Marine Device, and regularly changes the configuration etc, as he breaks the stuff apart for his security reasons. Anyhow since purchase in Mid January he went to activate XP for the forth time and discovered he couldn't :-) Ouch ! Further investigation discovered that you can only activate XP 3 times in the first 30 days. Ouch ! He's going to put his old Win98 back in now, But it appears his XP purchase is finished ! So when you buy XP what eaxctly are you purchasing ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
Colin Davies wrote: So when you buy XP what eaxctly are you purchasing ? Win2K with a lot of extra hassles from Micro$oft. While it's true that volume license buyers are exempt from the hassles, my company, like most, buys PCs and upgrades one at a time. I'll never build, sell, or upgrade a PC to XP. I'm upgrading everything at work to Win2K piece by piece until we're all on one platform, then that's the end. I'll start learning *nix then, and hold night classes in it for my users against the day when I can no longer get Win2K or applications that run on it!
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I have just been visiting an aquaintance who appears to be an XP activation basket case. He is using a PC as a Marine Device, and regularly changes the configuration etc, as he breaks the stuff apart for his security reasons. Anyhow since purchase in Mid January he went to activate XP for the forth time and discovered he couldn't :-) Ouch ! Further investigation discovered that you can only activate XP 3 times in the first 30 days. Ouch ! He's going to put his old Win98 back in now, But it appears his XP purchase is finished ! So when you buy XP what eaxctly are you purchasing ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
You could do what I did... Find XP Corp. version on Kazaa/Morpheus/Direct Connect then install that; no more activation hassles. Of course I did purchase WinXP to begin with, this is just to get rid of my hassles :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
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You could do what I did... Find XP Corp. version on Kazaa/Morpheus/Direct Connect then install that; no more activation hassles. Of course I did purchase WinXP to begin with, this is just to get rid of my hassles :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
What are the legal issues involved with doing this ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
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What are the legal issues involved with doing this ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
Honestly I have no idea what so ever....Probably the same issues involved with using a no-cd crack on a game you have purchased. Probably not legal, but I've, uh, *cough*, um, done far worse than this in my life. :suss: I'm not going to say that using warez is fine, its not; but I think Microsoft would be in for a PR disaster if it were to go after someone using the corp. version to get around the activation issues involved when they already have a legit license to the software. James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
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Honestly I have no idea what so ever....Probably the same issues involved with using a no-cd crack on a game you have purchased. Probably not legal, but I've, uh, *cough*, um, done far worse than this in my life. :suss: I'm not going to say that using warez is fine, its not; but I think Microsoft would be in for a PR disaster if it were to go after someone using the corp. version to get around the activation issues involved when they already have a legit license to the software. James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
James T. Johnson wrote: but I think Microsoft would be in for a PR disaster if it were to go after someone using the corp. version to get around the activation issues involved when they already have a legit license to the software True Hasaki. And very smart thinking too. I applaud you :-) Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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Colin Davies wrote: So when you buy XP what eaxctly are you purchasing ? Win2K with a lot of extra hassles from Micro$oft. While it's true that volume license buyers are exempt from the hassles, my company, like most, buys PCs and upgrades one at a time. I'll never build, sell, or upgrade a PC to XP. I'm upgrading everything at work to Win2K piece by piece until we're all on one platform, then that's the end. I'll start learning *nix then, and hold night classes in it for my users against the day when I can no longer get Win2K or applications that run on it!
Roger Wright wrote: I'll start learning *nix then, and hold night classes in it for my users against the day when I can no longer get Win2K or applications that run on it! Very sensible. You can start off right away with Red Hat 7.2 Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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What are the legal issues involved with doing this ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority. -- Doctor Who 28 th Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr# Segmentation violation -- Core dumped
Colin Davies wrote: What are the legal issues involved with doing this ? As when you buy Windows XP you are actually buying the license to use it and not the software itself, it is probably legal, so long as you do not use the edition you are not licensed for. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
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Colin Davies wrote: What are the legal issues involved with doing this ? As when you buy Windows XP you are actually buying the license to use it and not the software itself, it is probably legal, so long as you do not use the edition you are not licensed for. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
David Wulff wrote: it is probably legal, so long as you do not use the edition you are not licensed for. There. That's what he's doing. He's using the version he didnt pay for, the one that requires no-activation :-) Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org