Posted on 02/24/2005 9:44:46 PM PST by Next_Time_NJ
Microsoft is closing a loophole that enabled unscrupulous resellers to use Windows XP product keys that were stolen from large OEMs. The result: customers who purchase Windows on a new PC will not be able to activate, nor reinstall their operating system without first calling Microsoft.
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I think this sucks, but I'll think it sucks even more if the place I got my keys from is on the list, and if this is retroactive to back when I got my keys.
XP activation is a joke.
There are readily available programs which will produce valid keys which are not on any list.
The algorithm used for the creation of XP keys has been broken. Nothing short of producing a new OS with a new algorithm for keys will fix the problem
Another bend over and take it from Microsoft!! So what else is new. Maybe one day people will finally get tired of their tactics and move to a more secure stable operating system. However, the technical support folks who depend on the poor quality of Microsoft operating system will scream as it is their ticket to their job!!
Why shouldn't I be able to get a copy of XP for $1.00? Bill Gates is rich. He does not need any more money.
This is what, 3 years late now?
Because your buying the license to use the software, not the software itself. Your paying $99.99 or $199.99 to use the software. Remember, you dont own your copy of windows.. you just buy the license to use it.
Too Late.
Remember, you dont own your copy of windows..
--\ I use mine like i own it! I'm getting my moneys worth out of MS.
I've had to call MS twice for reinstallations of Office 2K. In both cases, I got right through and got a code without a problem. I don't like having to do it, but I understand that they don't want people stealing their products.
Wow, I am going to have to go back to that street vendor that sold me the copy and get my money back. He never told me the CD I bought was only a license. Imagine that, you pay $1.20 and you can't even get the real thing.
Microsoft environments (Windows is an environment that INCLUDES an operating system, not just an OS) are so reliable that one should never need to wipe their drive and re-install. </sarcasm>
Seriously, truly robust systems like the HP Nonstop servers (Tandem) used for financial transaction switch software have to be rebooted less often than Windows needs reinstallation.
>>Because your buying the license to use the software, not the software itself. Your paying $99.99 or $199.99 to use the software. Remember, you dont own your copy of windows.. you just buy the license to use it.
I disagree to an extent. What you say is legally true, however, if you lose your windows disc, they won't send you another one.. you have to go out an buy a new copy.. Having said that, do you even really buy a lincense??
Do I own the media it comes on?
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