Re: Three Day Activation

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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Alias wrote:
>> Well, I decided to install a video card and uninstall my onboard
>> video card. I also decided to connect my hard drive to the same place
>> as the CD ROM, making the hard drive the master and the CD ROM the
>> slave. Doesn't sound like a whole lot had changed. But, lo and
>> behold, when I have them all installed, I reboot and get the dreaded
>> three day or you're f*cxked message. Fortunately, I was able to
>> activate online but why did this happen?
>
> Activation changes are cumulative, so if you any change since you last
> activated the present install on your computer, those would be changes
> count too.

I changed my NIC card recently and added 128MB of RAM are the only other
things I've done.
>
> But MANY people have reported that activation doesn't work they way it is
> supposed to. Driver changes and BIOS flashes have caused reactivation.
>
> People have already had problems with validation in its voluntary state.
> When it goes prime time, it is gonna cause havoc, as people will be
> blocked from getting security updates, so they'll be vulnerable longer to
> cyber-terrorists!
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt

Yeah and the PAYING customer is the one jumping through the buggy hoops, not
the cyber-terrorists.

Alias


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