Al salaam a'alaykum Pascal

09 Dec 03 16:19, Pascal Schmidt wrote to Paul Rogers:

 PR>> I think you're talking about WinXP that presumes it has been
 PR>> pirated if "too much" changes in the hardware configuration.
 PR>> Change a MoBo and maybe a video card and it's going to tell
 PR>> you to call M$ and convince them this is still the one and
 PR>> only system you were licensed to use.  If successful they'll
 PR>> give you a new license number.

 PS> Big hassle for innocent customers. And the people who run pirated 
 PS> WinXP of course all have hacked version of the business edition which 
 PS> doesn't require registration but considers itself registered with M$ 
 PS> as soon as it is installed. So the bad people don't get caught in the 
 PS> web, only innocents do.

XP Pro doesn't need to be "hacked" to be installed on multiple
machines (then again, the CD we're installing on hundreds of machines at
work may be "pre-hacked")....

Regards,
David

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