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Miscrosoft Software Registration
Paul Riemerman wrote:
Do you expect to get two paper shreaders if you only pay for one? Paul Riemerman "Jim Cleveland" wrote in message ... Jupiter Jones wrote: "hassles associated with calling long waiting line support numbers" simply does not exist except in the minds of the detractors that are so against Microsoft that reality escapes them. I have had to activate by phone many times for Windows and Office products for myself and others. It never took longer than ten minutes starting from when I picked up the phone. Usually the phone process is about 5 minutes. However a phone call is normally rarely necessary, internet activation takes seconds. As someone who typically reinstalls Windows in my machine(s) 1-2 times a year, that would be a major inconvenience. With my copies of Windows 2000, Windows 98 SE, and Office 2000 Professional I have NEVER had to waste any time on calling Microsoft and asking their permission to use a product I ALREADY PAID FOR!!!! That's the way it should be, dammit! Because of this registration garbage, I've found no compelling reason to buy either XP OS or XP office. W2K is just as stable as XP, if not more so. Microsoft already charges an outrageous profit on their bug-riddled software - please don't make lame excuses for Microsoft's condescending heavy-handed treatment of their consumers. Bottom line, I don't want to spend even ONE MINUTE on the phone with Microsoft seeking favors from King Bill, and I never will! Cleve ??? I'm not sure what your post is referring to. If you're alleging that I'm trying to use one Windows CD for two computers, that is simply not the case. I have the OEM Win 98 CD for my desktop computer, and the OEM W2K disc for for my laptop. So if I read you right, I did pay for "two paper shredders" so to speak. Yet Microsoft doesn't even want me to have one, it seems. Jim |
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Jupiter Jones wrote:
Your concern with activation and the road trip is unnecessary. Activation would not have been a factor in that case. You can run the computer up to 30 days without activating. If activation is a reason for not using Windows XP, be sure you understand activation. You clearly do not understand the 30 day point of activation. What else have you missed? I understand Activiation perfectly well. Basically, it's an attempt to ram a new "paradigm" down consumers' throats - that being that it's ok for Microsoft (or other software companies) to monitor our machines at any time, and in any way they see fit. Once we, as consumers, start accepting activation and equipment monitoring as 'ok', thus emboldened what will Microsoft try next? Jim |
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