Re: [OT] Bloody Micro$oft

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you change the motherboard in a pc and you try to authorise it with
MS, the automatic registration tells you to phone a number.

One of the options is basically "have you changed the motherboard
because the old one died" and if you choose this they give you a new
code.

2008/10/10 Mike Griffiths <mike@xxxxxxx>:
> Nice story, but not really.
> Mike
>
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Vargster
> Sent: 10 October 2008 17:18
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Bloody Micro$oft
>
> That may be accurate according to 'the rules', but MS can officially
> sanction breaking that rule...
>
> I had an old E-Machines (piece of junk!) machine (which had OEM XP on
it)
> which died, badly.
> I bought a new Shuttle box, removed the COA sticker from the E-Machine
and
> stuck it on the side of the shuttle, then installed a fresh copy of XP
on
> it, and used the number on the sticker...
> XP told me it wouldn't auth it and to call the MS auth line. Which I
did,
> and spent 20 mins talking to an IVR system.
> I keyed in the numeric version of the COA that the XP installer
generated,
> answered some questions (how many PCs is this copy of XP installed
on...
> duh!) and it said it was OK and generated me another very long number
to
> type into the Shuttle.
> Which then auth'ed itself OK, and is still perfectly having taking
down
> upgrades and passing the WGA test OK.
>
> So, MS seems to be applying different rules in various situations...
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Steve Morgan <smorgo@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>>   If it's an OEM copy, it's only licensed for use on the machine
it was
>> originally supplied with. You can't even legally use it on another
machine
>> you own.
>>
>> Steve Morgan
>>
>>
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