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Donald Pittendrigh
Hi All
It is simple enough to re-install windows on the machine and activate the licence correctly so this makes little difference.
>Wow, I thought they would at least leave enough system to
>log on to Microsoft and activate it.
There are 2 ways I can think of that this software can still be Running 1) It was pre-activated for you in which case I am sure
the vendor would let you know as he is providing an additional service which as a Microsoft partner, he is not obliged to do, or 2) the installed copy is "cracked" in other words the copy protection Has been bypassed (illegally)
>It must be legal, Gateway would not take a chance on
>annoying microsoft.
The software does/did/will function correctly until the windows Activation scheme shuts it down (that is once again, assuming it still requires activation) As the shutting down is the way
It is expected to work, there would not be any form of comeback On the machine supplier side.
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Regards
Donald Pittendrigh
It is simple enough to re-install windows on the machine and activate the licence correctly so this makes little difference.
>Wow, I thought they would at least leave enough system to
>log on to Microsoft and activate it.
There are 2 ways I can think of that this software can still be Running 1) It was pre-activated for you in which case I am sure
the vendor would let you know as he is providing an additional service which as a Microsoft partner, he is not obliged to do, or 2) the installed copy is "cracked" in other words the copy protection Has been bypassed (illegally)
>It must be legal, Gateway would not take a chance on
>annoying microsoft.
The software does/did/will function correctly until the windows Activation scheme shuts it down (that is once again, assuming it still requires activation) As the shutting down is the way
It is expected to work, there would not be any form of comeback On the machine supplier side.
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Regards
Donald Pittendrigh