Micro$oft getting sleazier yet!

[Fester]

Yes, that's quite interesting...

But it just sounds to me like an overdriven sales-minded person doing anything to land a contract and the kickbacks that come along with it.

...But Microsoft is more strict about licensing for sure. Everytime I upgrade my computer, I get these pesky messages from XP...

Here's the latest one I get these days: "Welcome to the Microsoft Activation Wizard. Microsoft Access 2002 has detected a significant change in your machine configuration. For Microsoft Access 2002 to continue functioning properly, and to avoid entry into reduced functionality mode, you must reactivate your product."

I added a sandisk reader and a couple USB devices. Now my Access disks are somewhere in my warehouse and I can't update my filing system unless I go digging in tubs to find MS Access...

This is silly.

Fester

[Fester]

InTheSand wrote:
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.

 - Ali

Well, I sent Microsoft an email through their support site (support.microsoft.com) about my activation problem. I couldn't find the number you were talking about. I know it exists though because I had to re-install XP home on my EPIA SP once before and eventually reached some sort of activation hot line after being transferred to India a couple of times...

Fester

[Fester]

trekiej wrote:
Thanks KThunder.

Hmm. Does Bush have the ability to control the weather too? LoL

Perhaps he can. In know, in my humble experience, that I can control the atmosphere under the sheets after eating a couple of hot dogs with relish and raw onions.

Fester