Also, the other night on The Screen Savers, they said they had made more than the 5 major hardware changes and had not yet experienced the alert, so their synopsis was that it is more forgiving than has been widely circulated.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Neville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: [Off Topic] - Access & XP registration numbers > Not quite Scott. > > More than 5 unspecified changes triggers an "alert" requiring one to email > or phone Microsoft to get a new "registration number" so in the strictest > sense I guess it is cancelled but you do not have to purchase another one. > > If you buy more than 5 copies of XP you can qualify for a "corporate" > registration number which doesn't expire or require all the complex > checking. A number of people (and I _stress_ this) who have legitimate > copies of XP have just used "corporate" registration numbers that are > available on certain websites and that has fixed the re-registration > process. > It's a pity when honest purchases are treated like potential criminals. > > What happens when XP stops for reregistration in the middle of an > unstoppable process in a mission critical chemical plant or hospital > surgery? > Wait until someone in the US MS sues for this event. > > American readers should be aware that MS has had compulsory registration > by phone or email on a number of it's products for non US users for a number > of years now. Yes we resent it! > > and while we are at it, check this: > > FYI > > http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D21023,00.asp > warning about the consequences of Win XP's default setting to automatic > upgrade. Apparently, some of the patches are worse than what they are > trying to fix. If you have sites running on XP which suddenly break, > this could be a reason. The advice is to switch from automatic upgrade > to automatic notify when new patches become available. > > YMMV etc > > Hope that helps clarify things a little. > > > >>>>>> > Americans are not big on the > "Big Brother" approach that M$ is taking > with Windows XP. As I understand it, if > you change more than 5 things in your PC, > M$ will know about it and in some cases, > such changes will cancel your XP license > and you'll have to purchase a new one. > >>>>>> > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
