Crap! finally I had to activate my Win XP

[hasu]

I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

Ah, that's too bad. Bill asked me to say "thanks" for the brand loyalty you've shown over the years...oh...oops. I forgot...you don't actually PAY for your Operating Systems.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

 

[MacGaven]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

That is Hypocracy at its best.

Is that dealing crack heads or cracy posts or cracy people?

Activating sucks and my sister lent her roomate a copy of Microsoft Office and then the roomate activated it on her own computer- essenially stealing the product.

 

[rpc64]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

It's not hypocracy and that's the problem. What other choice is there?!?! I mean come on, Linux is slick but it isn't quite there yet.

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: rpc64

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

It's not hypocracy and that's the problem. What other choice is there?!?! I mean come on, Linux is slick but it isn't quite there yet.

You could always go Mac

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: NewSc2

Originally posted by: rpc64

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

It's not hypocracy and that's the problem. What other choice is there?!?! I mean come on, Linux is slick but it isn't quite there yet.

You could always go Mac

Yup... Or FreeBSD..Or stop using computers altogether.. Wait, DOS is free nowdays.. There you go!

McGaven - Sorry about your sister's dumb friend, she should have known not to "lend" software to other people. There is always Open Office which is free..

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

lol u hate em cuz they don't let u steal their stuff? ahhahahaahhhaha

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

Ah, that's too bad. Bill asked me to say "thanks" for the brand loyalty you've shown over the years...oh...oops. I forgot...you don't actually PAY for your Operating Systems.

Since he claims to never buy Microsoft software _again_ it looks like he was actually stupid enough to pay for the crap this time.

 

[XMan]

AUGH!

It's hypocrisy!

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: X-Man
AUGH!

It's hypocrisy!

calm down my friend.. misspellings aren't worth having a heart attack over.. and, yes, you're right, i did misspelled it.. forgive me?

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: X-Man
AUGH!

It's hypocrisy!

calm down my friend.. misspellings aren't worth having a heart attack over.. and, yes, you're right, i did misspelled it.. forgive me?

Eh . . . sure.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: MacGaven
That is Hypocracy at its best.

Is that dealing crack heads or cracy posts or cracy people?

Activating sucks and my sister lent her roomate a copy of Microsoft Office and then the roomate activated it on her own computer- essenially stealing the product.

Isn't that the WHOLE POINT of activating software??? Activation is supposed to keep people from loaning out software to other people. Am I missing something here? If you don't like it, go to Open Office or some other piece of software that is free and doesn't want to be paid for.

 

[Kadarin]

I dislike the concept of Product Activation to the point where I will refuse to buy into it if at all possible.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: rpc64

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it...

I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ...
I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine)

I hate Microsoft.

You hate Microsoft yet you're using their products.. Hypocracy at its best...yaaaawwwwwn...

It's not hypocracy and that's the problem. What other choice is there?!?! I mean come on, Linux is slick but it isn't quite there yet.

Open Office is actually pretty sweet now. It can interface with MS software for the most part, does everything regular Office does, and offers a few extra incentives. Give it a shot, it's not that bad. Plus it's FREE

 

[DaWhim]

my warez copy rox

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[xirtam]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
my warez copy rox

Not here it doesn't.

 

[Xionide]

Easy fix. Aquire the warez version off of that nifty p2p program. Use your cd key and you wont have to activate it, EVAR. Microsoft has a prob with it, tell them to stfu.

Good Bye

 

[iwearnosox]

I use the warez version of xp that keeps it from requiring activation but I do have a licensed version on the shelf. I know this violates the EULA but it's my reasonable compromise to their seemingly unreasonable terms.

In the end I'm probably going to hell anyway.

 

[dullard]

One question: have any of you ever had to reactivate Win XP? I'm sure someone here has, but I haven't seen posts on that subject yet. I keep changing parts on my home computers and work computers and keep wondering when that will hit me. But so far, no problems.

 

[GermyBoy]

I you buy the WinXP, it is for the license. I own a license, so I just downloaded the corporate edition off the web, and never had to activate anything.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: hasu
I have been abstaining from activating my Win XP Pro, since I do hardware changes very often. I had installed fresh copies couple of times to achieve that. Tonight while trying to break the activation mechanism it got locked and I had to finally activate it... I will never buy anything from Microsoft again ... I have, sitting in my box, Win98, WinNT and now WinXP ... I feel like hand-cuffed by M$ (from upgrading my machine) I hate Microsoft.

ausm hands hasu a tissue...

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dullard
One question: have any of you ever had to reactivate Win XP? I'm sure someone here has, but I haven't seen posts on that subject yet. I keep changing parts on my home computers and work computers and keep wondering when that will hit me. But so far, no problems.

What do you mean reactivate? Like whenever you reload XP? Sure, I've done it several times. Only once did I have to call MS. I just gave them the code XP gave me, told them I had gotten a new motherboard and was reinstalling XP, and I was up and running with an activated copy in 10 minutes. No big deal.

 

[hasu]

yeah! there you go.. many of you who support m$ $hit of activation are using either preloaded windows on your ready made pc or not really interested in playing with the h/w. Or, could be using a warez cracked version already (time to check who is hypocritic).

Actually Turbotax activation was fine with me, since I used it only once and did not need it after that ... I read so many posts against that .. again it is time to see who is hypocritic.

I have a msdn (or whatever) version of xp as well. Which I installed and re-installed at least 7 times in my machine. I bought this because I wanted to have SP1. Probably I will find a crack for this too, before I get my new harddisk and 8RDA+. If at all I have to call M$ to reactivate, I will call them at 3 o'clock in the morning (childish, eh!).

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: dullard
One question: have any of you ever had to reactivate Win XP? I'm sure someone here has, but I haven't seen posts on that subject yet. I keep changing parts on my home computers and work computers and keep wondering when that will hit me. But so far, no problems.

Yes.