Re: XP Self Activated - Is this Possible?

Tom;
You multi posted, posted several posts separately.
You should have cross posted.
Cross posted messages are easier since once we have read one, the others are
also marked as read.
An answer posted to one is answered to all.
Generally you should limit cross posting to about 3 - 4 relevant newsgroups.
Beyond that you are probably off topic on some newsgroups.
As you did it, you need to go back to each post to see the answers to each.

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"Tom Runge" <tom.lee@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>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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