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Canuck57[_9_]

On 20/07/2011 12:10 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:59:10 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:16:51 -0400, wrote:

BTW Microsoft may not be enforcing that "you can't swap machines
without calling us" thing on XP pro anymore.

I just installed my retail XP pro that was on a machine that died into
another one and expected I would have to call the 800 number, for the
3d degree before they would authenticate it (like the olden days) but
it sailed right through the online okey dokey, passed the microsoft
"legal OS" test and let me download the new media player.

I think MS came to their senses and is only screening for blatant
abuses such as many different machines on the same license key. The
vast majority of people calling the 800 number had legitimate issues.

There are so many licensed copies of XP pro floating around, I doubt
it is an issue. Off lease machines are all over the internet real
cheap and companies are just throwing them away.

I have a Dell CD that seems to load XP without even asking for the 25
digit code.

It could be getting the code from the firmware. In which case you will
not see it ask. However, if you took it to a PC that didn't ahve the
embedded codes, it would prompt or not work at all.

Many included recovery disks work this way and for some, this includes
the making of recovery CDs. That is, the recovery CDs are keyed to the
mobo. Not good really.
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