Not only will the legitimate customers be pleased, but the software pirates
will as well. Besides, what is so difficult about one license, one computer?
If you change everything about your computer except the case, then that is
still a new computer. That would be 2 computers, one license. It is pretty
simple. If you change the graphics card, well, that is the same computer.
Last I checked WGA checks on your hard drive serial number, the motherboard,
and bios version, among a few other less important things, weighing changes
accordingly.
So if you want to transfer your license from one computer to another, you
are really trying to put it on many different computers with only one
license.
We have all discussed the terms of the EULA. However, we don't really know
how this is being enforced programmatically yet, nor do we know what
Microsoft will do if you call them and tell them that you upgraded your
computer and that it failed.
A one time transfer doesn't necessarily mean you can only activate it twice,
nor does it mean that you can only upgrade your computer once. It simply
means you can't move the license from one computer to another more than
once. Moving your license from one computer to another is pretty arbitrary,
but needs to be defined by Microsoft before we all freak out. It may be that
if you call Microsoft and tell them you upgraded your computer, not
transfered the license, that they will be able to manually override it for
you.
The demands from Microsoft aren't all that outragous. Have you seen how many
cameras there are in Walmart reporting back and recording your every move?
You know that they could use advanced face recognition technology identify
you and keep track of your spending habits. Does that mean that they do? No.
Likewise, that data Microsoft gathers is INTENTIONALLY handled in such a way
that they can't identify you. Of course they have your IP address. So do I.
You aren't as anonymous on the internet as you might think.
Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org
"SESSION_EVENT" <session@event.net.net.net> wrote in message
news:ubb7Xek9GHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Dear Microsoft Folks:
>
> Take out the transfer only once clause from the Vista EULA and remove the
> forced WGA N type software from the Vista SOFTWARE and you will please
> millions of hobbiests and enthusiasts.
>
> They might even get downright chipper. You might reap a greater success
> than if you don't - just because a lot of people will like you for it.
>
> Do that and I will return to recommending Windows - promise, Scout's
> honour.
>
>