Close! They said to wipe the drive and reload all the software. I had
already tried any tricks they were aware of before I called. So, the
activation scheme locks up the computer and you are screwed, because Bill
takes the stance that everyone is a thief. (it was not an OEM
preinstall) I am not sure how many times it was escalated. I think it
was twice. I think there were about 8 people involved from MS. I have
always stayed away from MS support, other than what's online. Been able to
fix everything else one way or another. When this has happened before, I
just reloaded the OS. But on this machine, with the accounting, I wanted
to try to save it, but that was a waste of time.
At 08:53 PM 4/5/2006, you wrote:
> Anyone want to guess the
> final word from the mothership?
>
> There is a reason why i prefer 2000 over XP
Yeah. Buy another copy and re-install it. That would be my guess. I have
found oem copy's of xp pro for under 75 bucks.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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