Subj : Re: About To Blow A Gaske
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Sniper
Date : Fri Jun 03 2005 03:55 am

-=> ROB MCCART wrote to ANGUS MCLEOD <=-

 AM> > Microsoft has admitted that Windows is the most stolen software in
  > > history and, were it not for that pirating, they would not be where
  > > they are today.

 AM>That is Microsoft's interpretation of the facts.

 AM>In actual fact, Microsoft defines "stolen" to suit themselves.  If you buy
  >a machine with Windows "preloaded" and six months later decide to replace
  >the hard disk, you are supposed to buy another copy of Windows.  If,
  >instead, you load up from someones CD, that is considered to be a "stolen"
  >copy of Windows.

 RM> They were really talking about back in the years of Win 3.1 and
 RM> early Win 95 when those rules didn't apply. If you had the disks
 RM> and the licence then it was yours to do with as you pleased, as
 RM> long as you only used it on one machine.   More copies were
 RM> stolen (used illegally) back then than now because it's so
 RM> cheap now to get a legal copy ($50 - $75) with a new system
 RM> and most complete systems are sold with it and with no option
 RM> to refuse it.

 RM> MS May WANT you to buy a new copy for a new drive but I doubt
 RM> there's anything to stop you from legally cloning your old
 RM> drive to a new one and then wiping the old drive or making
 RM> a full backup of your drive for emergency purposes.

With the older versions, from Win2K back, you can install it as many
times as you want.  You can also basically use the same code for 
multiple computers.  With the advent of XP... Activation kicks in...

Only if you have a Corporate Edition of XP, which doesn't require 
Activation can you basically get away with that... The limitation
there is which service pack you have.  If its pre SP2, you will
run into a problem trying to update to SP2... It'll most likely 
de-activate and then your left with a dead system.  :)

Not that I've tried this or anything, its just information that I
read recently.... Yea... that's the ticket.  :)



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