Re: Activation experince

dobey wrote:
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Rock wrote:
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On Feb 15, 5:46 pm, "spunkygal1979" <meegan.c.1...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 15, 3:09 pm, Black Baptist <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My old MB died so I decided to do a few upgrades anyway...like HDD video and
Motherboard naturally I had to recative as this was my umpteenth time
installing XP, I knew I'd hit the end and would need to activate by phone.
When I called the folks at the activation center and got
reactivated > they
told me I would have to call everytime I wanted to activate but
that > wasn't
the case. Any other views on this?
it will only need phone reactivation when you change hardware, or
install on a different computer, i have 3 xp disks, and all of them
have done that to me at some point, i suggest making sure that each
time you install xp, that you do it on the same computer, otherwise
you will have to go through the telephone crap all the time, and if
you do have to ring them, tell tham as little as possible. i recently
read an article concerning microsoft and its vaarious products, did
you know it is no longer illegal to sell your windows disk, as long as
you sell the original, and not a copy, and you supply the key code,
you can now sell the disk to suit yourself. by the way if you dont
believe this, go to ebay and chaeck out how many vista 32 bit disks
are floating about right now. and if it were illegal to sell them you
wouldnt find them there. :)
Well microsoft still think they own the programes but they dont when
you buy an oem you then own it and can sell it do what you want with
it . myself i prefer linux but the internet is not supported in my
version which is version 10 mandrake and i am reluctant to support
microsoft because of their own you attitude


Per the OEM license Windows XP is not transferrable to another computer, either by sales or otherwise unless the computer on which it's installed is sold with it. You purchase a license to use the software.

If one waits 120 days, one can move a generic OEM XP to a different computer and it will pass WPA and WGA. If MS isn't happy with one computer/one license, they can just shove it. As far as the licensing scam is concerned, I have yet to see a computer store, on line or brick and mortar, that says they sell licenses. They ALL advertise that they sell *software*. The fact that you and others have to continually tell people that they bought a very restrictive license only proves my point. Ever hear of the bait and switch scam?

Alias

LOL, isn't that like saying if you buy a book, you own the story written inside. You are buying the use of a product under certain conditions, same as when you buy music or anything else.

If I buy a book, I can do what I want to with the book, although your comparison is faulty, being as a book cannot be installed on anything except a book shelf and I can move it to any book shelf, coffee table or anywhere else my little heart desires.


It's really most people don't *read* the licenses that gets them into trouble, but they are quite happy to get it cheaper. You would at least think that would make them pause and ask "Why?".

The stores don't advertise that they are selling licenses. They advertise that they are selling software, which, obviously, is a LIE.

Alias
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