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GoHack
I just had my system come up and tell me that because of a
hardware change, I had to reActivate my OS. There was no
change in hardware. All I did was shut one of my
harddrives off in my m/b bios.
When I tried to reActivate, I was told that this was the
third time and that I could not use my Product Key
anymore. I was given a number to call to get a new number.
When I called, as expected, I got India. I don't like
dealing w/them because of their taking U.S. jobs, as well
as their being hard to understand.
Anyway, things got fixed, but this is the third time this
has happened. I didn't change any hardware, and even if I
did, so what? This is my system, and I have a right to
upgrade my hardware anytime I please. You people are
certainly helping us to seriously consider moving over to
Linux, and if this happens again, I'll certain really
consider it. I've got Windows 2000Pro on my other system,
and if it wasn't for the Hyperthreading feature on my P4
cpu, I'd be using it also on this system.
By the way, I did consider purchasing Office XP, but
because of the troubles I've had w/this Activation
w/Windows XP Pro, I'm not buying it. I'm still using my
Office 95, and if I can fine Office 2000, I may buy that,
because of it not having the Activation feature. Of course
there are Office clones out there that work just fine, as
well as Wordperfect.
I'm probably talking on deaf ears, but I am just damn sick
of this Reactivation for no reason, always happening.
hardware change, I had to reActivate my OS. There was no
change in hardware. All I did was shut one of my
harddrives off in my m/b bios.
When I tried to reActivate, I was told that this was the
third time and that I could not use my Product Key
anymore. I was given a number to call to get a new number.
When I called, as expected, I got India. I don't like
dealing w/them because of their taking U.S. jobs, as well
as their being hard to understand.
Anyway, things got fixed, but this is the third time this
has happened. I didn't change any hardware, and even if I
did, so what? This is my system, and I have a right to
upgrade my hardware anytime I please. You people are
certainly helping us to seriously consider moving over to
Linux, and if this happens again, I'll certain really
consider it. I've got Windows 2000Pro on my other system,
and if it wasn't for the Hyperthreading feature on my P4
cpu, I'd be using it also on this system.
By the way, I did consider purchasing Office XP, but
because of the troubles I've had w/this Activation
w/Windows XP Pro, I'm not buying it. I'm still using my
Office 95, and if I can fine Office 2000, I may buy that,
because of it not having the Activation feature. Of course
there are Office clones out there that work just fine, as
well as Wordperfect.
I'm probably talking on deaf ears, but I am just damn sick
of this Reactivation for no reason, always happening.