[Shotimes] Re: OT: XP OS? NIX.

[Carl Prochilo]

One place where many of us learned where this applies is when trying
to get service updates, like for all those frequent security patches
that M$ gives away for free.  Many people were using a certain key
that M$ declared illegal even though it worked to install the OS. 
So when you went to their website and tried to apply service pack 1,
it would go through all the motions and eventually fail with the
check against the serial number.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com said:
> So what would happen if you shut off access to the internet to the
> computer?  Like just unplug the phone line from the modem or
> whatever.
> Would the machine not boot, I wonder?
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 White MTX
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
>
>
>
>
> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 03/30/2004 12:30:10 PM:
>
>> You are correct! You will NEVER even know what is being sent! Nor
>> will
> they
>> ASK you. They (Microsoft) have already made the decision for you!
>> Right
> down
>> to the serial number on your processor.
>> Isn't that great!!
>> It's a lot better than having to think or make decisions!!!
>> .
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> > What are you talking about?  Everytime I start Windows it
>> diesn't send
>> > anything to Microsoft, nor do they ask me anything.
>>
>> >
>> > > "But then again if I was installing an OS on a system I would
>> put XP
> on
>> it
>> > > and not even give a second thought to the other OS's."
>> > >
>> > > To keep the analogy going, if we do that, we have to add
>> another
> item to
>> > our
>> > > car's checklist:
>> > >
>> > > "11.  Every time you start your SHO, it would transmit code
>> IDs for
> your
>> > > engine, computer, transmission and stereo via wireless modem
>> communication
>> > to Ford
>> > > Motor Co., which would check them against their database and
>> shut
> your
>> > entire
>> > > car down if they didn't match."
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Mark LaBarre
>> > > '04 homebrew 3gHz 250gb *W2K*
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