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I'm wondering if there really is a limit on the number of times you can activate/re-actative XP Pro. I know that a lot of mis-information has been put out about this "feature" of Win XP so does anyone really know.
Since purchasing my copy of XP Pro I've probably reactivated it 8 or 9 times in about the last 30 days (haven't kept a count) - on one particular weekend, I reactivated it three times in a 24 hour period - experimenting with performance differences between using FAT32 and NTFS - playing with registry settings, etc. messing things up and starting from scratch again.
I've read postings were folks have said that it was three strikes and you're out for them - other variations on this theme run the gamit from one activation every 120 days to a maxium of 12 activations then you must buy another copy???? Hard to sort out the fact from fiction.
Guess this question raises another issue in it self - if they insist on using this product activation then to my way of thinking they have no legal right to limit a person on how many times they can activate the product as long as it's a legally purchased copy. If I buy a new car - tv set - etc. - other then possibly voiding the warranty on the product (if any) the designer/manufacturer of the product has no right to tell me how to treat their product or most importantly how often I can use it - so how come a software company can??? Can't say that I've ever purchased a new car and had the dealer tell me "I'm selling this to you for $$$$$$ but you can only drive it once a month and if you work on it yourself - we'll fix it so you can't drive it at all..."
I'll get off my soap box now before I start in on Buba Clinton next! Any of you folks know the real truth about this product activation thing please post it for all to see.
Thanks!
Ed
Since purchasing my copy of XP Pro I've probably reactivated it 8 or 9 times in about the last 30 days (haven't kept a count) - on one particular weekend, I reactivated it three times in a 24 hour period - experimenting with performance differences between using FAT32 and NTFS - playing with registry settings, etc. messing things up and starting from scratch again.
I've read postings were folks have said that it was three strikes and you're out for them - other variations on this theme run the gamit from one activation every 120 days to a maxium of 12 activations then you must buy another copy???? Hard to sort out the fact from fiction.
Guess this question raises another issue in it self - if they insist on using this product activation then to my way of thinking they have no legal right to limit a person on how many times they can activate the product as long as it's a legally purchased copy. If I buy a new car - tv set - etc. - other then possibly voiding the warranty on the product (if any) the designer/manufacturer of the product has no right to tell me how to treat their product or most importantly how often I can use it - so how come a software company can??? Can't say that I've ever purchased a new car and had the dealer tell me "I'm selling this to you for $$$$$$ but you can only drive it once a month and if you work on it yourself - we'll fix it so you can't drive it at all..."
I'll get off my soap box now before I start in on Buba Clinton next! Any of you folks know the real truth about this product activation thing please post it for all to see.
Thanks!
Ed