Why do Microsoft question my windows xp authenticity?

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Since I reinstalled my windows xp, I was questioned every time I attempt to
get update from Microsoft. Microsoft web shows me a webpage that says I
should use authentic Microsoft product, but I AM.

Microsoft, your license enforcement efforts have produced great pain and
difficulty for paying users who have valid windows xp license.

If your mismanaged license enforcement efforts continue, your customers will
run away, your stock will fall.

Please fix your license mangement mess.

steve KYL
 
steveKYL said:
Since I reinstalled my windows xp, I was questioned every time I
attempt to get update from Microsoft. Microsoft web shows me a
webpage that says I should use authentic Microsoft product, but I
AM.

Microsoft, your license enforcement efforts have produced great
pain and difficulty for paying users who have valid windows xp
license.

If your mismanaged license enforcement efforts continue, your
customers will run away, your stock will fall.

Please fix your license mangement mess.
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Yes - yes they will.

Your points are valid - but made to a newsgroup that is *hosted* on some
Microsoft servers but not *frequented* by MS employees and/or those who
would actually influence/make such decisions.
 
I personally am not a microsoft employee, but microsoft does need to ask for
the genuine software but only ONCE! otherwise its just a humongus pain!
I'm not sure if anyone knows but Windows XP is available on Torrenting links
so i think its ok if microsoft testes the legitimacy of the OS, but only
ONCE!!!

Cheers
JimmiBoi
 
JimmiBoi said:
I personally am not a microsoft employee, but microsoft does need to ask for
the genuine software but only ONCE! otherwise its just a humongus pain!
I'm not sure if anyone knows but Windows XP is available on Torrenting links
so i think its ok if microsoft testes the legitimacy of the OS, but only
ONCE!!!
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It is already checked during activation so WGA is in fact a second check.
 
Certainly agree. What is worse is that the serials on many OEM licence
stickers won't activate anyway, AND OEMs supply adulterated preinstalls (i.e.
winAOLdows!) without a proper Windows disc.

Genuine? Legal? I think in this case it's the consumer who might have
stronger grounds than Microsoft for legal action over 'non-genuine' software!

Notice that Dell have slipped behind HP in the retail stakes. Could this be
because of consumer reaction to preinstalled junk, I wonder? (Not that HP are
entirely blameless in this respect, but at least their preinstalls are
something remotely resembling the Redmond product.)
 
Ian said:
Certainly agree. What is worse is that the serials on many OEM licence
stickers won't activate anyway,
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Yes they will, but only on a computer/motherboard that is provided by
that specific OEM.

What happened was that too many people were going into computer stores
and copying down the product keys from the computers on display. They
would then go home and use those product keys on their own computers,
or on ones they were building for sale to others.

Now that the SLP (BIOS Locked) procedure is in use by pretty well all
of the larger OEMs Microsoft has blocked Internet activation of the
product key sequences allocated to these OEMs. But they will
self-activate provided the motherboard BIOS has the correct computer
manufacturer information.
AND OEMs supply adulterated preinstalls (i.e.
winAOLdows!) without a proper Windows disc.
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Mostly done this way for technical support reasons. They can just
tell their customers to use the System Recovery disk to put the
computer back to "factory new" condition and if the problems are no
longer present then it is not their responsibility to fix it.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
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