Looking into the future

[Zilbandy]

With all the issues over activation and WGA stuff, what is going to
happen in the future, at a time when XP is no longer supported, if I
decide to resurrect my dear old computer that has XP on it and it
tells me I have to activate it? How is one going to deal with that
after XP is old and forgotten by MS, but not for all using it? What
happens if Microsoft goes out of business? I'm not comfortable having
an product that continued use of requires that the manufacturer is
still around. I can still drive my old 38 Packard auto, but there's no
Packard dealer around. Anyone see my point?

 

[John Jay Smith]

I have asked the same question a long time ago.. and it is a good one..

I even went the extra mile to say what will happen if something catastrophic
happened to the
earth and the survival of humanity depended on a windows xp computer.. DARN
no more microsoft to activate the darn thing! lol

a reply I got from here is that after the XP life cycle is over they will
give
a patch or code or something that will let you use it without activation and
all that hassle...

seems like a logical solution... IF they do it! lol

Microsoft and logic dont mix well