Vista - Stupid install tricks

Just curious if the persons responsible for implementing the activation
scheme were high on crack, why would I have to reactivate windows (vista)
just because I updated a hardware driver for my wacom tablet?

I am really starting to get annoyed with how Microsoft view their loyal
customers as thieves.

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:03:25 -0800, Inno8sky wrote:

> Just curious if the persons responsible for implementing the activation
> scheme were high on crack, why would I have to reactivate windows (vista)
> just because I updated a hardware driver for my wacom tablet?
>
> I am really starting to get annoyed with how Microsoft view their loyal
> customers as thieves.

There are plenty of alternatives that don't.

I agree. It's a pain! Something is wrong with Vista in the sense that it
thinks your hardware changed enough to require re-activation. Which
ultimately was not the case. I don't think MS has responded to this issue
yet.



"Inno8sky" <Inno8sky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B3AD475-E94D-408F-9235-A08F29E7EB10@microsoft.com...
> Just curious if the persons responsible for implementing the activation
> scheme were high on crack, why would I have to reactivate windows (vista)
> just because I updated a hardware driver for my wacom tablet?
>
> I am really starting to get annoyed with how Microsoft view their loyal
> customers as thieves.

Inno8sky wrote:

> Just curious if the persons responsible for implementing the activation
> scheme were high on crack, why would I have to reactivate windows (vista)
> just because I updated a hardware driver for my wacom tablet?
>
> I am really starting to get annoyed with how Microsoft view their loyal
> customers as thieves.

My suggestion, get used to it or switched to an alternative.

http://www.ubuntu.com is a wonderful place to start.

I find MS' treatment of their customers lately to be the equivalent of being
hit in the nuts with a steel baseball bat. Dunno about you but...I prefer
to not take such abuse.

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Stephan Rose
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"Stephan Rose" <kermos@nospam.somrek.net> wrote in message
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> to be the equivalent of being
> hit in the nuts with a steel baseball bat.

I hope you don't relate to this from personal experience!
OOOOUUUCCCHHHH!!!!!!

Justin wrote:

> "Stephan Rose" <kermos@nospam.somrek.net> wrote in message
> news:eqOdnfxg-vMaZWzYRVnyugA@giganews.com...
>
>> to be the equivalent of being
>> hit in the nuts with a steel baseball bat.
>
> I hope you don't relate to this from personal experience!
> OOOOUUUCCCHHHH!!!!!!

Well...not with a steel baseball bat but...I did used to train in martial
arts and...accidents do happen!

--
Stephan Rose
2003 Yamaha R6

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Inno8sky wrote:
> Just curious if the persons responsible for implementing the activation
> scheme were high on crack, why would I have to reactivate windows (vista)
> just because I updated a hardware driver for my wacom tablet?
>
> I am really starting to get annoyed with how Microsoft view their loyal
> customers as thieves.

You're not the only one. I was a loyal MS customer until they got into
their you-gotta-prove-you're-not-a-thief trip, over and over and over
again. What causes more lost revenue: getting loyal customers like you
and I pissed off and looking into alternatives coupled with the script
readers cost in India and Boliva vs. piracy. It doesn't take a systems
analyst to figure that one out.

Like another poster suggested, check out www.ubuntu.com/ and order the
free CD. No product key, no WGA, no WGA/N, no ISS and NO COST. They even
pay the postage to deliver the CD which you can install on as many
computers as your little heart desires.

Check this out:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM

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