[OPINION] Re: Windows Absolute Control

[Dan Shafer]

Extreme, I confess, but a programmer working on a project I'm  
supervising just lost three days of work because he had exceeded the  
number of activations Microsoft allowed him on his WinXP Pro license.  
I think the number was 32. But he'd had to reinstall due to hard  
crashes, a couple of disk drive swaps....and I think he was running  
multiple instances of the OS on a couple of partitions out of paranoia.

But as Chipp has pointed out recently, Apple's OS upgrades frequently  
involve what I like to call "catastrophic improvements" in the  
software that makes life hard. Bottom line: this stuff isn't easy and  
it should be.


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Dan Shafer, Co-Chair
RevConWest '05
June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/RevConWest

On Jun 2, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Stephen King wrote:
>
>> As a windows user I have never had any problem with reactivation  
>> (and am not personally aware of anyone who has had a problem). I  
>> have upgraded most parts of my PCs (both have separate licensed  
>> copies of XP) and typically clear and reinstall every year or two  
>> anyway to clear out the garbage.
>> At no time has activation caused me any difficulties. It all seems  
>> to happen seamlessly.
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>
> Wow. You are lucky. I've had tons of problems with reactivation. On  
> one computer, I replaced the motherboard and the MS activation team  
> couldn't get me activated no matter how many hours and hours I  
> spent on the phone with them, escalating up the chain of command. I  
> ended up *actually* having to buy a 2nd copy of WinXP (if you can  
> believe it!) to solve the problem. Truly they've still got serious  
> issues with activation. Funny thing is, you can find bootleg copies  
> of XP, so the pirates must be happy, it just the honest customers  
> who are screwed.
>
> -Chipp
>
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