Subj : Re: Forced registration in Whistler To : Glenn M. From : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l Date : Mon Mar 26 2001 02:35 am From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" It was: Hail, Strom! gs "Glenn M." wrote in message news:3abf863b$1@w3.nls.net... > Sounds Peachy. Did I miss a discussion here about the MS program called > "Hailstorm", or is it "Halestorm"? > > -- > Glenn Meadows > > > "Geo." wrote in message news:3abf8172$1@w3.nls.net... > | Why forced online registration in Whistler is a bad idea. > | > | Ok, picture this. You've been running windows XP for a few years, so one day > | for some reason you decide a clean install is the way to go. You reinstall > | your OS but when you go to register it you find out that Microsoft has > | dropped all support for it (it's an old version now) and you can't register > | it. The software tells you that if you don't register it then it will shut > | off after 30 days or whatever. > | > | Sound unlikely? Just happened to me with CuSeeMe. I was running version > | 2.1.1.1, current version is 4.something. I reinstalled it and it and I can't > | enter my serial number, the software tells me it's expired. This is the > | non-demo downloaded version you get when you pay for it. I write to the > | Cuseeme people and they tell me it's not supported anymore and I will have > | to buy an upgrade. I check their site for upgrades and it says I have to be > | running version 3 to upgrade. > | > | So in reality the software I paid for cannot be reinstalled and if I want > | the current version I get no price break, it's like buying it all over > | again. > | > | With the way MS drops support for old versions of windows, I wonder how long > | it will be before you cannot reregister an old version online anymore. I > | think before anyone buys windows XP that MS should commit to some predefined > | time period where they guarantee that we will be able to reregister the > | software online. Without that information I would be very worried about > | using windows XP. > | > | Geo. > | > | > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .