From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"/m"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:20:33 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

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> Probably why Microsoft went on a concerted effort to reduce the number
> of times that you have to reboot Windows.  If we still had to reboot a
> couple of times each day, the Microsoft's servers would have never been
> able to handle the load.
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> /m

It's also heartwarming to know that MS will sometimes block on whatever
rule they decide upon at the time. Maybe someone should inform Dell
helpdesk  ( others besides dell are guilty also ) personnel not to
routinely tell users to reload from the setup disks to cure a problem with
their flawed OS.

http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=447526&SiteID=25
The diagnostic tool is showing that the CD you used to do the repair
reinstallation was that of a Volume Licensing (VL) edition of XP (Line 6)
and that the Product Key (PK) used to install it is a Blocked Volume
Licensing Key (VLK) (Line1).

VLKs are blocked by MS at the request of the orginal owner of the key,
possibly because the key was lost, stolen, or misused.  MS may block a key
if it notices a pattern of abuse, ie, more installations that they key is
good for.

The good news is that it is a virtual certainty that your Dell Optiplex 
was properly licensed when you go ti from Dell, and that it is still
licensed to run the version and edition of Windows on the Certificate of
Authenticity (COA).

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