From: "Rich" 

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   I would be frustrated too.

   You didn't say, how long did it take from when the motherboard died =
to when you had it replaced and the system booting again?

Rich

  "none"  wrote in message =
news:4297dddf$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  A few months ago I decided to install wireless network in my house. =
The=20
  initial wireless PCI card I bought did not work in my computer, so I=20
  returned it and got another. I also added a second sound card to my=20
  computer and later removed it. At one point I also installed a second=20
  hard disk. One of these changes was too much for Windows, which =
prompted=20
  me to reactivate my copy of Windows. It was irritating that in the =
midst=20
  of hardware issues I am forced to deal with this. But I did it and was =

  reactivated.

  Then a couple of months later, my motherboard died. I replaced the=20
  motherboard, and reinstalled Windows. When I went to reactivate again, =
I=20
  am told I have exceeded my number of activations. Then I call the=20
  toll-free number and I am told they are experiencing technical =
problems=20
  and I should call back in two hours. Two hours later I call and the=20
  recording still says to call back in two hours. Meanwhile, my "grace"=20
  period has expired so I have to boot to my Linux partition to get any=20
  work done. Of course the protected WMA file I bought a few days ago is =

  being held hostage on the Windows partition. I won't be making that=20
  mistake again.

  I really resent having to deal with this crap.

  Thanks for letting me vent.

  Gregg
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   I would
be frustrated=20
too.
 
   You
didn't say, how long =
did it take=20
from when the motherboard died to when you had it replaced and the = system=20
booting again?
 
Rich
 

  "none" <""gregg\"{at}(none)">=20">mailto:"gregg\"{at}(none'>"gregg\"{at}(none)">=20
  wrote in message news:4297dddf$1{at}w3.nls.net...A few=20
  months ago I decided to install wireless network in my house. The =
initial=20
  wireless PCI card I bought did not work in my computer, so I =
returned it=20
  and got another. I also added a second sound card to my computer =
and later=20
  removed it. At one point I also installed a second hard disk. One =
of these=20
  changes was too much for Windows, which prompted me to reactivate =
my copy=20
  of Windows. It was irritating that in the midst of hardware issues =
I am=20
  forced to deal with this. But I did it and was =
reactivated.Then a=20
  couple of months later, my motherboard died. I replaced the =
motherboard,=20
  and reinstalled Windows. When I went to reactivate again, I am =
told I have=20
  exceeded my number of activations. Then I call the toll-free =
number and I=20
  am told they are experiencing technical problems and I should call =
back in=20
  two hours. Two hours later I call and the recording still says to =
call=20
  back in two hours. Meanwhile, my "grace" period has
expired so I =
have to=20
  boot to my Linux partition to get any work done. Of course the =
protected=20
  WMA file I bought a few days ago is being held hostage on the =
Windows=20
  partition. I won't be making that mistake
again.I really =
resent=20
  having to deal with this crap.Thanks for letting me=20
vent.Gregg

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