Next time I add a drive it'll be when I'm reinstalling XP anyway, so no more of this garbage

[napoleonherself]

When we hooked wilson's drives to the new mobo and power supply and such, Windows XP bitched about how it wouldn't work anymore unless I re-activated it.

Eh. Fine. Fuck you very much, Microsoft, here's your umpteen-digit key, shove it up your ass.

Today we made the MAJOR CHANGE TO THE SYSTEM of adding in that CD drive, and... needed to re-activate XP again.

And when I re-entered the damn key, I was informed that it had been used too many times (i.e. TWICE) and that it would never work again.

So we had to call Microsoft for a new key.

Yes, folks... today mecha, acting in my interest since I was at class, had to call Microsoft to get permission for me to keep using my computer.

It is a sad world we live in.

Comments

[vxo.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Microsoft.

Mecha mentioned to me at one point that IU sold cheap academic versions of software with all that activation spoony neutered.... is that so for XP? If so, that might save you a lot of trouble in the long run...

[wing-zero-ew.livejournal.com]

Alas I believe they have activation for XP now.

Though the re-re-reactivation is surprisingly lax. They only ask you one thing, whether you have more than one computer using the same copy of Windows XP.

Which if you're stupid enough to answer 'Yes' to, you're fucked in the head.

[vxo.livejournal.com]

I wonder when they'll start requiring a USB/serial/parallel hardware key dongle, like Maya (and 3d Studio Max?) do...

[darnn.livejournal.com]

This is why I just never use any legit versions of anything Microsoft.

[nidoking.livejournal.com]

Which is why it causes so many people who DO use legit versions problems.

[darnn.livejournal.com]

True, but I'm not going to pay $230 for XP. Sorry. If they made it cheaper, more people would buy it and protection wouldn't need to be so strict.

[nidoking.livejournal.com]

Supply and demand. And in the computer age, that phrase takes on a whole new meaning, as the market shrinks to exclude software pirates who will find ways to copy software no matter what protections are in place. Replace the human race with a new species that has the capability of mass lawfulness, and your argument might hold water.