Would you tell MS about this?

kitfit1 said:
Obviously not :mad: otherwise i would not have wasted the end of my fingers.

Why the hell don't peeps just say what they mean, instead of using stupid abrieviations :mad:
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As obviously he loves maths, programming or being on a computer enthuthiasts forum assumed that people would get it. (but I get where your coming from :) [even though I'm a software developer :D ])

Matthew
 
kitfit1 said:
You would have thought "A little common sense can go a long way". But the EUlA is the EULA, and you pay for what you get.

This topic comes up time and time again, the simple answer is, if you are a clocker like most of us are and change rigs more times than i have a leak, then buy a RETAIL COPY. Problem solved, no arguments. If you don't like the price involved, get yourself another hobby.
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I doubt even MS would take such a hard line approach if all you are doing is swapping a motherboard over the once and leaving everything else in place.

But, heck rules are rules. Probably why people are being sent to court for leaving their bins open above the stated regulations or the 90 year old who put the wrong type of rubbish in the garden waster bag. Seems a shame common sense has no place in the world anymore.

Sure, change everything in your computer. Go from a single core to a quad core. Increase the power of your graphics card by a factor of 20. Go from onboard sound to 7.1 dolby DTS. Drop in 1Tb of hard drives. Change the motherboard - forget it, get another hobby. ;)
 
Olibubble said:
I doubt even MS would take such a hard line approach if all you are doing is swapping a motherboard over the once and leaving everything else in place.

But, heck rules are rules. Probably why people are being sent to court for leaving their bins open above the stated regulations or the 90 year old who put the wrong type of rubbish in the garden waster bag. Seems a shame common sense has no place in the world anymore.

Sure, change everything in your computer. Go from a single core to a quad core. Increase the power of your graphics card by a factor of 20. Go from onboard sound to 7.1 dolby DTS. Drop in 1Tb of hard drives. Change the motherboard - forget it, get another hobby. ;)
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Do you no what, i really don't give a monkeys ******** what peeps think they are entitled to as far as MS reactivations are concerned. MS have made it well clear over the last year or so what they ARE going to do. So you either accept it, or you don't. And don't mix this up with 90 year old's puting the wrong type of rubbish out, because that is in fact a far more serious case of stupidity than anything that goes on around these parts.
 
kitfit1 said:
Do you no what, i really don't give a monkeys ******** what peeps think they are entitled to as far as MS reactivations are concerned. MS have made it well clear over the last year or so what they ARE going to do. So you either accept it, or you don't.
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And I'm sure people don't give a monkey's ******** about you not giving a monkey's ******** about what they think they are entitled to. If they think they are entitled to it they find a way to get it, simple as. MS can go around making everything as clear as they want, but you telling everyone what to accept is not going to work.
 
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kitfit1 said:
Do you no what, i really don't give a monkeys ******** what peeps think they are entitled to as far as MS reactivations are concerned. MS have made it well clear over the last year or so what they ARE going to do. So you either accept it, or you don't. And don't mix this up with 90 year old's puting the wrong type of rubbish out, because that is in fact a far more serious case of stupidity than anything that goes on around these parts.
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Interesting story I was reading the other day. Allegedly there was this awful crash on the motorway. Unfortunately it was the middle of the rush hour and the ambulance was caught up in the traffic. A quick thinking gentleman moved over into the bus lane to let the ambulance go past. Quite reasonable behaviour in my opinion. Unfortunately for him he ended up getting fined. Someone was watching him on CCTV and decided that he had breached some 'regulation' and decided that his actions to move into the bus lane, despite allowing the ambulance to get past, was wholly unacceptable and sent him a fixed penatly notice. What a rather well rounded and pleasent chap he was, and so good at his job too - just because someone might be dying on the motorway, doesn't give someone the right to use the bus lane does it.

Ah, found the link;

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1059937_fined_for_getting_out_of_the_way

On a lighter note; Picture this!

Balmer: Just had an activation request from Tommy Tucker, 83 Portishead way
Bill: What's the beef?
Balmer: 2nd activation from Tommy.
Bill: OEM or Retail
Balmer: OEM
Bill: Changes?
Balmer: New Graphics Card, Sound Card, HDD, Network Card, SCSI Card, RAID Card, TV Tuners, 3 Way SLI 9800 GTX x2, Midi Card and 6 Extra Hard Drives
Bill: *Nods*
Balmer: Activated.

Balmer: Oh ho
Bill: What's the beef?
Balmer: You're not going to like this
Bill: What's up?
Balmer: 2nd activation request from Nigel Knockoff
Bill: OEM or Retail
Balmer: OEM
Bill: Changes?
Balmer: Motherboard
Bill: *Coughs*, anything else?
Balmer: No, but it's the motherboard FFS
Bill: *reaches in pocket* I'm onto it
Bill: *tagno tagno niner this alpha alpha six we have a code zero, I repeat code zero
Balmer: ICBM's are on their way.
Bill: That'll teach that scumbag
Balmer: *whoops*
 
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Monkeynut said:
And I'm sure people don't give a monkey's ******** about you not giving a monkey's ******** about what they think they are entitled to. If they think they are entitled to it they find a way to get it, simple as. MS can go around making everything as clear as they want, but you telling everyone what to accept is not going to work.
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You are perfectly right of course. But ponder this, a couple of months down the line on your next rig change, MS REFUSES TO ACTIVATE your o/s. On-line, or over the phone because it's yet another OEM install.

And yes i know "They have always activated them". But they have made it well and truly clear, that they will stop activating repeat OEM installations.

So, when they do, What's your next step ?
 
Funny thing. I had to replace my 680i with a 780i - I knackered the 6 with a move into a new case. The only question I was asked on the automated reactivation line was "Is this the only PC that this copy of Vista is installed on."

Mind you, this is a retail copy of Vista Ultimate which cost more than the 8GB of Ballistix Tracer I have installed.

(Which is totally frickin' pointless, due to the crapfest that is the P04/5/6/7 BIOSes on the eVGA 780i; but that's another story.)
 
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