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Old July 16th, 2006, 02:31 PM
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Since some here think that correct terminology is important here goes...All Microsoft requires is Activation of Windows XP. Registration is a seperate voluntary process. I have never registered when I installed any Microsoft product. That includes Windows XP and Office 2003.

About the bot they installed for license validation of license purposes...It is not a right or wrong issue. The matter is a legal one. Unfortunately there is no precident I know of that might give some direction. It will take a lawsuit against Microsoft in this matter to resolve this issue.
i apologuise. you are quite correct, it's activation, not registration.

but still, i can just change the wording and go:
"yes. but the point is that supposedly we're not allowed to use windowz if we fail the activation in the first place.

all this does is re-activate us (or checks our product key is valid, which is basically all the activation does) every so often.

yes, we license the software. but that doesn't give them any right to put in a bot that connects openly to the Internet every now and then, JUST in case our version of windowz is any less valid than the time we downloaded the update [note that you can not actually download the security updates that WGA comes with UNLESS you have activated already]."

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The real one doesn't collect any personal info, just info about the hardware and installed software.

This is private information and I don't want MS to know my hardware or how often I change my hardware without my explicit permition. Is that fair enough?
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I also do not like them knowing, but we agreed to it when use their OS, just like we agreed to give Dev Hardware Forums
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Old July 18th, 2006, 02:43 AM
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No, we do not agree to it. Can you tell me where did MS said that? That is not in EULA. I did not agree to that.
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This is private information and I don't want MS to know my hardware or how often I change my hardware without my explicit permition. Is that fair enough?
Sure, that's fari enough. You suggest a better way to protect there intellectual property. I bet they'd love to hear it. In fact, they'd probably compensate you nicely for it.
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Why would I worry about their problems with protection of their intellectual property? That is their problem which I would like them not to solve it by violating my privacy and my rights. What is next? They will have right to search our apartments in search of illegal software? That is sick. And nother thing, why they need to know my hardware to check if I have illegal software?
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