Re: WGA updated again

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SepticTank wrote:

On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:06:11 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
<cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The OEM Windows XP license is technically no longer valid
if either the COA / Product Key or the method to restore the
factory-installed operating system is missing. In other words,
if a customer cannot produce the PC manufacturer's
restore, reinstallation or recovery CD, or the hidden partition
is damaged and unrecoverable, that particular Windows XP
license is no longer valid.

That is so ridiculous and unreasonable. Wow.

Yeah. Carey & Leythos are unreasonable and ridiculous. The longer you
post to the group and read their nonsense, you'll learn that they are
full of sh*t, and nothing you can say will ever get them to see reason.

Many computer repair people do just what you do for your customers, use
generic OEM media and use the customers Product Key for installation. I
even know that there are MVPs that do it.

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