From: Robert Comer 

No, it just adds the score up to a point where it thinks it might not be
the same PC anymore.

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Bob Comer

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:31:35 -0400, RobertB  wrote:

>In article ,
> Robert Comer  wrote:
>
>> >Why exactly did this happen? Because Vista (all but the most expensive
>> >version) will not run in a VM?
>>
>> No, Vista, and probably XP with the latest updates, is REAL finicky
>> about changing hardware and if the NIC address changes, Vista thinks
>> it's a new NIC and adds up points to the reactivate algorithm. (truly
>> objectionable in my opinion, a NIC changing should have anything to do
>> with activation.)
>
>So, it looks at the MAC address or the NIC identifier and reports back
>to the mother ship?
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:33:43 -0400, RobertB 
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article , "Frank
Haber" 
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> I made a rare visit to the general meeting of my local
user group Tuesday
>> >> night, celebrity-whoring to catch David Pogue, who was
both flogging his
>> >> new
>> >> book and talking about Vista.  He's a smart cookie, and
very entertaining
>> >> (see
>> >> his NY Times videos).  He's a tad juvenile at times, but
hey, I'm still a
>> >> teen-ager in lots of ways.  He's not highly technical, but he's my
>> >> interface
>> >> guru.  I credit him with teaching this left-brainer about
how to use Mac
>> >> OS X
>> >> fluidly, the right way.
>> >>
>> >> Well, Pogue gave some great demos, and good tips, and wasn't *too*
>> >> completely
>> >> committed to Microsoft.  It does seem true that he who
loves Vista best
>> >> is,
>> >> if
>> >> not a Mac fanboy, at least a Mac admirer.  His
presentation was fairly
>> >> even-handed, and threw some good barbs, especially about
the  feature
>> >> split
>> >> among the too-many versions:
>> >>
>> >> "Home users never need to send a FAX?" 
"Business users never need to
edit
>> >> a
>> >> video?"
>> >>
>> >> A brief interlude proved he really is a kind of polymath (he's an
>> >> ex-Broadway
>> >> conductor).  He ran through four or five of his best
songs at the piano
>> >> (!),
>> >> and they were GOOD.  Not Tom Lehrer, but very good.  He
threw in a couple
>> >> of
>> >> magic tricks, too.
>> >>
>> >> He demoed on a low-end MacBook 12 btw, mostly under Boot
Camp.  Aero ran
>> >> fine
>> >> on this "3.0" machine (2GB).  Things flew. 
Everyone was impressed,
>> >> including
>> >> me. Although we all noticed that he spent most of the
time with Aero off,
>> >> and
>> >> User Account Control off, too.
>> >>
>> >> I then spoiled the party, piping up and complaining loudly that
>> >> Microsoft's
>> >> copy protection DEEPLY OFFENDED ME, and made me feel as
though I were
>> >> being
>> >> treated like a street vendor in Kuala Lumpur.  Pogue was
no toady; he
gave
>> >> a
>> >> good "Whatcha going to do?  MS is losing money" response.
>> >>
>> >> Then he rebooted and ran Parallels.  No wireless in the
lecture hall.  He
>> >> disabled wireless networking in Parallels.  Boom.  Up
came the thievery
>> >> screen.  No more Vista for him that night.
>> >
>> >Why exactly did this happen? Because Vista (all but the most expensive
>> >version) will not run in a VM?
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Q.E.D.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Great show!  Glad I went.  It's good to see a show that's
a show, with no
>> >> apologies.
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Bob Comer 

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