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Onerous Vista Activation, A Time Bomb
Friday, October 20th, 2006
There has been a lot of chatter recently over some of the newer activation and validation schemes
that Microsoft may or may not implement with its new Vista operating system. Nobody at Microsoft is saying much, and a lot of bloggers and pundits are all over these alleged schemes, calling them bad news for users. I personally see these developments as bad news for Microsoft, especially if what I’m about to outline actually happens.
As we all know, Microsoft implemented full-throttle activation in Windows XP and managed to dominate the market, with very few complaints from users. Windows XP was generally liberal in the way it dealt with hardware swaps and upgrades. Even when it delivered an activation error—when you added some major system peripheral or rejiggered the system—you could usually get it back up and running with a simple call to the activation center. I did this a couple of times and although it took a little time, it always seemed to work. Columns by PC Magazine: Onerous Vista Activation—A Time Bomb?
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