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Re: Micro$oft getting sleazier yet!
« on: May 16, 2006, 08:23:00 PM »
Product activation is a pain! But to be fair, when XP or MS Office has whinged to me about hardware changes, it has only ever taken a quick phone call to a 24-hour freephone number to get a new code.

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Re: Micro$oft getting sleazier yet!
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2006, 08:36:11 PM »
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Yeah, but did you first have to give over voice pattern identification, have your iris scanned, DNA sucked out and your GPS coordinates uploaded to the CIA database?


Yep, all of the above!  :-D

The unmarked black helicopters have appeared overhead several times now, ensuring my licence compliance!

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Re: Micro$oft getting sleazier yet!
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2006, 08:53:58 PM »
Heh! Yeah, you never know which country you'll end up being put through to!

When I had to re-activate, the number I needed to call was shown on-screen automatically. I may have had to select my country, but that was about it.

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