Re: New MS policy on Internet activation
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"Gordon" <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have just done a clean re-install of the retail copy of XP Pro that I
have owned for 4 years, on the same un-changed laptop that it has resided
on for that four years. The last installation was well over a YEAR ago. It
failed the internet activation and I ended up having to speak to a customer
services representative. I asked him why it did not activate over the
internet. He told me that a new policy just issued is that even with retail
copies, internet activation is now restricted to ONE instance - any more
than that has to be over the phone.
That's going to push a lot more people to Linux, isn't it?
If this is true, WHAT THE HELL DO MS THINK THEY ARE DOING?
i will be buggered if i have to phone them every time i have to reinstall.
if it comes to that i will go back to win2000, it runs everything that xp
runs. the only real differance is the way it looks.
.
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