If you purchased it within 30 days ago, you probably can get a refund by contact
support/customer service.
I'm sorry you decided to get rid of it, but I understand.
-steve
"Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>You may or may not be delighted to learn that I have given up on OneCare and
>have scrubbed it from my computers.
>Can I get my money back since the product doesn't do what I wanted it to do?
>AMcF
>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> You can stop a PC from being a hub by opening OneCare on the hub, clicking
>> on
>> Your OneCare Circle, then clicking details for that computer name.
>> Underneath
>> will be a link that says "stop this PC from being a hub" (or similar
>> words)
>>
>> You canot remove a PC from the Circle without causing that PC to become
>> unsubscribed. You'll find "remove" on the details for each PC on the hub.
>>
>> There is no product between OneCare and Forefront, the latter being an
>> Enterprise offering for larger businesses. It won't cost 45 mil, but it
>> won't be
>> cheap either, nor can you pick it up from a typical retailer as it is sold
>> through Enterprise channels.
>>
>> -steve
>>
>> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>Dear Steve,
>>>Thank you for your most helpful reply.
>>>How do you get your computers to "resign" from the circle and the hub
>>>computer to recuse itself from the hubship?
>>>Do microsoft make another product for lots of computers, i.e. more than 3?
>>>Money is no object...mind you if I had 25 mil I wouldn't buy yahoo!
>>>Regards
>>>AMcF
>>>
>>>
>>>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news r63q3905gsk7hnufgg94mttpl004nhhjt@xxxxxx
>>>> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Dear All,
>>>>>I find the limitation of only 3 users in a onecare circle to be irksome.
>>>>>I
>>>>>currently have 3 computers at home but 2 children are returning next
>>>>>week
>>>>>from boarding school and are bringing their laptops with them. I
>>>>>purchased
>>>>>onecare because NAV was useless with vista and felt that a microsoft
>>>>>product
>>>>>would be tailor made to run with microsoft OS's. Can the 3 computer
>>>>>limit
>>>>>be
>>>>>extended? If so, how?
>>>>>If not, can the cicle function be turned off but leaving the antivirus
>>>>>and
>>>>>defender functions running? All I want to run at home is a simple peer
>>>>>to
>>>>>peer network.
>>>>>Thanks for your help
>>>>>AMcF
>>>>
>>>> At this time it is up to 3 PCs on one subscription and only one
>>>> subscription per
>>>> LiveID.
>>>> There was talk about being able to purcase more licenses to add to a
>>>> base
>>>> subscription, but nothing further has been announced. I don't know if
>>>> this
>>>> is a
>>>> Billing system limitation.
>>>>
>>>> The Circle functions include Centralized backup - optional - and printer
>>>> sharing, which can be turned off on the Printer Sharng tab on each PC
>>>> running
>>>> OneCare.
>>>> If no PC has been promoted to be a hub, the above are the only Circle
>>>> functions
>>>> and they can all be turned off. A Circle is defined as all PCs activated
>>>> with
>>>> the same LiveID - on the same subscription.
>>>>
>>>> You can turn off backup, you can disable Printer Sharing, but the rest
>>>> of
>>>> OneCare is not optional.
>>>>
>>>> -steve
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Boots
>>>> MVP Windows Live
>>>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>>>> sboots@xxxxxx | | | | | >>
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>> Stephen Boots
>> MVP Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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