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Hi

I recently added another 1Gb memory to my machine checked it out and everything seemed fine used the machine for some 12 to 14 hours during which time I rebooted the machine a number of times. the next day swithed on and windows put me in the final activate windows or be locked out scenario despite having been an actived version the day before. It would not let me activate over the net and I ended up swithing off. When I next rebooted I had an activated version of windows again till I got a BSOD stating some problem due to memory.

Took the 1Gb out I had installed and everything seemed fine for a while but the system had become flaky so I did a clean install (A newish machine so no real aggro) but I am concerned about vista and installing any software that is not vista specific (I think flakiness was due to some drivers for a usb TV tuner that works fine on XP) but also worried about any hardware faults scrambling microsofts activation routines.

These activation routines only seem to affect genuine owners of there software as there are always cracked copies floating around the internet anyway. Piracy has obviously brought microsoft to the edge off bankruptcy (not) and just caused aggro for all legitimate users.

Still got it off my chest!!!
Posted by: granps123@...   Posted on: 02/26/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This nonsense will be the beginning of the end  ejhonda | 02/26/07
All Predicted  rfservices | 02/27/07
Why spend the money for Vista?  bnmiller2 | 02/28/07
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LOYALTY  KMoore4318@... | 03/05/07
that is a sensitive alarm they have there  MIS Master | 02/26/07
You gave them permission...  andrej770 | 02/26/07
Faulty memory modules caused a similar problem  granps123@... | 02/26/07
Vista activation problems  glockman30 | 02/26/07
What choice do we have? Simple.  buran | 02/26/07
Sliegth Modification  Ole Man | 03/06/07
I run Linux.  OldMarine | 03/12/07
Stay with Windows XP  Species8472 | 05/31/07
ROFL Games what a joke NT  TonyMcS | 02/26/07
Swtch to a diffrent Os Everyone  msemper71@... | 02/26/07
MAC OS X on PC?  gworley@... | 02/27/07
run mac os x on your pc here's how  ecolew@... | 02/28/07
Since Loverock Davidson is not here let me try to fill in...  BanjoPaterson | 02/27/07
Sorry it is a MS Bug!  bubba555 | 02/27/07
It is a Vista bug...  gworley@... | 02/27/07
Activation Problems ... I Won't Have Them  Enorton42@... | 02/27/07
I agree  elainecleo | 02/27/07
maman1940  macman1940 | 02/27/07
Anti-Piracy Works!  donden@... | 02/27/07
would love to try linux  elainecleo | 02/27/07
Ditto...  geum | 02/27/07
TRy Linux - Check hardware is all  Jadal | 02/27/07
Stay with MS XP Pro  Jadal | 02/27/07
You had to learn to use Windows, didn't you?  Ole Man | 03/06/07
Linux is now easier  clownius | 03/15/07
live linux cd  parrotnut | 04/10/07
Confidence gone  DB_z | 02/27/07
Your BOUGHT Vista?  geum | 02/27/07
It's a toll-free call  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/01/07
Microsoft is crap  SirCatlord | 02/27/07
Sounds like an opportunity to me.  OldMarine | 03/12/07
Proof of MS greed...  geum | 02/27/07
hardware change  dan2003uk | 02/27/07
No, you have to replace motherboard  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 02/27/07
Not True  ralphdb@... | 02/27/07
I heard the same lame arguments about XP  Ole Man | 03/06/07
Vista Forced Change  winn schwartau | 02/27/07
Did you get a UAC prompt to play a game?  Grayson Peddie | 02/27/07
Activation problems - nothing new  blawson | 02/27/07
Had a similar experience.  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
DO NOT USE VISTA  lavayerobert@... | 02/27/07
Give Linux a try  intj-astral@... | 02/27/07
Hear! Hear!  BanjoPaterson | 02/28/07
Windows is missing something else, too . . .  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
vista?  ppoindex@... | 02/27/07
Its a conspiracy! make the move to MAC's  gderoux@... | 02/27/07
WGA - The Giant Killer  hoozafrizitz | 02/28/07
Sound programs?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 03/01/07
That's funny  pointzerotwo | 03/05/07
run mac os x on your pc here's how  ecolew@... | 02/28/07
But You still "need" a licened copy of Windows.  Species8472 | 05/31/07
What, mac?  DrBlackross | 02/28/07
This should appear in Mainstream Press  Arron25 | 03/06/07
You will never see anything even approaching this  Ole Man | 04/12/08
Toll free call  parrotnut | 04/10/07

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