Re: Activation re: XP Home

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/17/04


Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:37:48 -0800

Ooh, they do know if it's the original machine or not.

>-----Original Message-----
>xyz wrote:
>
>> With this Windows Activation nonsense, can an XP
installation license
>> be transfered to a new machine or do I have to buy
another copy of XP
>> in order to run XP on my new machine?
>>
>> Cheers in advance
>
>Forget about all the FUD surrounding MS, it's EULA &
PA. Just do it,
>and if you have to talk to a PA rep to activate, just
tell them the ONLY
>INFORMATION that is really required to activate Windows
XP.
>
>"The only information required to activate is an
installation ID." -
>http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.
asp#details
>
>MS has no right to ask or know anything else, and the
only way they have
>of figuring out what computer or computers Windows XP is
installed is if
>you tell them, which you are NOT required to do.
>
>http://microscum.com/mmpafaq
>
>--
>Peace!
>Kurt
>Self-anointed Moderator
>microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>http://microscum.com
>"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an
Oxymoron!
>"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>
>
>.
>



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