Re: Windows XP Home activation...ARRGH!!!

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From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:09:47 -0600

Greetings --

    If you're encountering so many problems that you have to
re-install the OS more often than every couple of _years_ (let alone
the 120 day period affecting activation), you might want to look into
eliminating the specific causes of the problems, whether it's
defective hardware or the practice of unsafe hex.

Bruce Chambers 

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"James D" <newsgroopie@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eViFulyeEHA.724@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> OK, So I've installed Windows XP Home edition. It works ok, except
for
> sometimes I tend to upgrade hardware or HAVE to reformat due to
problems
> beyond the repair capabilities of Windows.
>
> So what's the problem? It's that damn activation process! Sometimes
it lets
> me activate over the internet, sometimes I have to call the 800
number,
> enter ALL the secret code and then get transferred to a live person
only to
> have to give them ALL that information AGAIN!
>
> Isn't there some way to by pass this whole process? Say maybe a one
time
> activation fee for unlimited use? I'd be willing to pay that to
avoid the
> pain in the a$$ process of calling every other month just to give a
laundry
> list of information repeatedly. After all, I paid for the copy of
Windows XP
> Home, why should I have to confirm it every time I have the
unfortunate
> pleasure of re-installing it?
>
>

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