From: Mike '/m' 

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:34:54 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:439452lb2mt7pbjgf895k8978dr82v6etp{at}4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:23:41 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>>
>>>"Hrvoje Mesing" 
wrote in message
>>>news:4450f985{at}w3....
>>>
>>>> ?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? Are
they F**KING
>>>NUTS
>>>> ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!
>>>>
>>>> I cannot belive this .. I really cant ...
>>>
>>>I get the feeling that even the most faithful MS types are getting pissed
>>>at
>>>MS for their strong arm techniques they have now turned on the users.
>>
>>
>> MS Product Deactivation?  How soon before that is a reality?
>>
>> /m
>
>note the word 'likely'. You'll probably get a WGA nag screen that says XP's
>lifecycle has ended please update
>
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=302878
>
> Microsoft will also support the activation of Windows XP and will likely
>provide an update that turns off activation at the end of the product's life
>cycle so that users would no longer have to activate the product.
>

Yup.  That's exactly why I have stopped at Windows 2000, and refuse to
downgrade to a more recent version of the OS.

 /m

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