Re: XP Self Activated - Is this Possible?

I certainly do appreciate you setting me straight on all of this and
again (as I already did) I apologize if this upset anyone. I do have
a question for you though. I am led to believe that a reply to a
cross-post will go to all newsgroups with the original msg? I do not
post on newsgroups very often so do not know too much about it.

Thanks again.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:55:39 +0100, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"
<test@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Tom Runge wrote:
>> I recently purchased a new computer and was not connected to the
>> internet when the product activation wizard popped up so I closed it.
>> The next day, after establishing an internet connection I decided to
>> activate XP. I could not figure out how to open the wizard so I went
>> to the help area to try and figure out how to open it. (The
>> activation icon was not in accessories/system tools). When I then
>> tried to run the wizard the computer informed me that XP was already
>> activated. Could this have happened on its own? I had not entered
>> any product ID data at all and had not been to any MS sites. I am
>> cross posting this for wide dissemination and apologize if this
>> offends anyone. I certainly appreciate your help with this.
>
>1) Your computer has a BIOS locked installation. Activation was done at
>the factory and is not required.
>
>2) No, you are not cross-posting, you are multi-posting. Please learn the
>difference: to cross post you click the newsgroups button and select the
>groups you wish to post to - two or three *relevant* groups is plenty.
>Multi-posting means copying and pasting the message into a new message
>window each time and then posting it to each group individually. This is
>frowned upon for several reasons: -
>
>a) Each message is a new thread in each of the groups it's posted to.
>
>b) Information is duplicated and people will think they are helping only
>to have you say "I've already tried that". They cannot see what advice you
>have been given to your posts in other groups. This will frustrate posters
>and you may end up receiving no assistance at all. If you cross-post, all
>messages are kept in the same thread and people can see what other advice
>you have received.
>
>c) It's a waste of bandwidth.
>
>d) It's annoying and frustrating.
>

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