>but for > business / education etc usage you can set up a server that deals with > license management and activation - thus only that and not all > internal machines needs to be able to 'phone home'. The internal > machines just need to be able to talk to the license management server > (sorry can't recall what M$ actually call this server).
So the small 5-10 PC Lan with a secure setup/restrictive outgoing firewall now needs a license server to run Vista? (I know of several such setups). _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/