I think that there was an article posted the other day that went into
the registration and activation of XP. It may be a great OS, but the
problems in reinstalling as it has a MS registration that is a key and
you only get this a few times and then its calls to MS to argue your
point about needing to install it again. As it sends a full description
of the machine its being installed on, if you do any upgrades such as a
larger hard drive, more memory or other system changes, your
registration key is no longer any good and you have again to call MS to
get a new key.
I'm sure that there will be a large hew and cry about this one when it
happens. As for me, I'll stay with my 98 for a while longer until the
courts sort this one out.
Keith Thompson
Cindy Pavey wrote:
>
> From all I have heard and read, Windows XP will be a great OS. It will
> have one major flaw though for those of us who currently have computers and
> want to keep any of our hardware or software. It will NOT be backward
> compatible with much of anything. That is why it will be so stable. It
> won't have to juggle all those commands etc. to work with Win 98, Win 95,
> Win 3.1 or any of their programs or hardware. It is not MEANT to be
> backward compatible. That's great if you start fresh with a new system
> designed specifically to work with XP, but for most of us it will be a
> problem. Just my two cents worth.
> Cindy
>
> My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what
> I start.
> So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a Chocolate cake.
> I feel better already.
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