From: "Robert Comer" 

My XP laptop just demanded being reactivated again. (after 4 or 5 years.)
They've done something.  It did reactivate, but can I trust it for long....

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Bob Comer


"mike"  wrote in message
news:141cu2tlr49lupdq3tlc8esqtuupn7aeg3{at}4ax.com...
>
> A friend of mine just bought a new notebook.  Even though he wanted XP,
> all he could find was Vista.  So he relented.
>
> Now he wants either return it to Circuit City or to load XP on it.  The
> trigger for this?  All of a sudden Vista is telling him that he changed
> his hardware, and it wants to be re-activated. (no hardware changes were
> made)
>
> Yup Windows Genuine Disadvantage is helping revenue... by making Vista
> customers buy a retail version of XP in order to get a working new
> computer.
>
>  /m
>
>
>
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:50:31 -0500, mike  wrote:
>
>>
>>http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6161250.html?tag=nefd.lede
>>
>>===
>>Despite words of caution from some in the tech industry that it's too
>>early to make the switch to Microsoft's Windows Vista, many PC shoppers
>>have no choice.
>>
>>The PC industry has moved almost everything they sell to consumers--and
>>some businesses--over to Vista, both in stores and online.
>>
> [snip]

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