From: "Rich Gauszka" 

And how many people will keep sales receipts for 4 year old computers
running XP when Microsoft starts challenging their rights to run Windows?

A prove you are not a thief campaign would not surprise me. At least my
notebook, raid array and media server are now free of Microsoft's taint.
It's a shame as I would have never even thought of going through this
expense a year ago. Previously I might complain about Microsoft but I never
expected the deactivation insanity now issuing forth from Redmond.


"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:45e65bdb{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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....
>
> --
> 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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