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I assume the activation is still there with XP you could upgrade various bits of hardware, no problem, however after too much you had to re-activate the software, I assume that this procedure in vista, send data on the hardware installed to MS. so when that copy is moved to another computer and re-activated, then it picks up that it's on a differenet cd, because perhaps there is a secret serial code for each cd or something, either way MS are spying on users, the data sent back could be anything, no one knows, what is then done with it, well MS say they don't share this info with others (illigal anyway), but if this is the case then I guess it's easy for them to check you have re-installed the software on a different computer. Aparently they will let you copy this software, but the longer you run a pirate copy the features get slowly disabled, until you have an unusable system, (no comments please) surely this can only happen if you are in some way connected to the net at some point, either all the time or once so data can be sent back / forth, or when you first activate it registers as a iligal copy, sends data back to the OS which kicks in the slow disable routine. I can see people complaining that this is happening, the DCLUG members can take advantage of this esp when they ask how did MS know, how did they get my Details, you can jump in and suggest Linux or open source, because of the open source nature this can't happen without people knowing about it, A distro like debian / ubuntu will serve your needs regarding office suites, graphics, etc, again open source so you can contribute ideas, code etc. Esp when they get hit will a bill for about 200 quid for a full copy of windows, Just an idea, but we can take advantage here, and show people the otherway. Paul >You know they say about "moving it to another PC once"? Are they really >going to check whether it's on a new PC or are they going to be M$ and >what they really mean is "you may install this once", so you have to buy >a new license every time you format? > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html