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echo: nthelp
to: Geo.
from: Ad
date: 2007-01-31 09:08:50
subject: Re: Vista Home Basic or XP Home???

From: Ad 

Geo. wrote:
> "Hrvoje Mesing"  wrote in message
> news:45bfc18c{at}w3.nls.net...
>> What you could check:
>>
>> http://activewin.com/reviews/software/operating-sys/vista/
>
> "Microsoft is bringing its new Windows Activation Platform 2.0 also to
> the Enterprise, which requires that a dedicated Server be commissioned
> to handle all client machine activations throughout a Company’s network.
> Machines will also be required to reactivate themselves again after 180
> days, while retail licenses will require a 60 day activation cycle. What
> do I think of this? Hey, if you acquired it legally there is no reason
> to complain."
>
> I stopped reading after that comment.
>
> Geo.

Do you have to activate the activation server?

Can a machine thus "self-activate"?

Is the activation server something you have to pay extra for?

Adam

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