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The reason Vista calls home periodically and re-authenticates is because MS knows you're a thief (they must have been talking to the RIAA) and they know you've uploaded your license key to the warez sites and they are checking because they know your key is going to show up on their black list and they need to de-activate your copy of Vista for no longer having a valid key.
Posted by: frgough   Posted on: 02/26/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Finger Pointing  D. T. Schmitz | 02/26/07
There's only one place to point the finger...  BitTwiddler | 02/26/07
The reason  frgough | 02/26/07
Great example  ejhonda | 02/26/07
As if...  shawkins | 02/26/07
No Only VISTA  jmsfmtex | 02/26/07
Big businesses have corporate keys that unlock as many PCs as they please.  HypnoToad72 | 02/26/07
Get your facts!  andrej770 | 02/26/07
Linux DOES work  macoafi | 02/27/07
replacement with Volunteer dollars and he be enterprise useable  A-USA-Smith | 02/27/07
Just the facts, man  dimonic | 02/27/07
A bit of counterpoint  Insight Driver | 02/27/07
Over the line?  jmschattke@... | 02/27/07
Yes, They  Krazyken39 | 02/27/07
vista  somar1 | 02/27/07
gamble on a quarter  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 03/05/07
Microsoft & Windows  pvaino@... | 02/27/07
That looks terrible!  discotecaro@... | 02/27/07
Guilty until proved innocent  ekivemark | 02/27/07
uh huh, uh huh . . .  brian ansorge | 02/27/07
It's about the money  bill@... | 02/27/07
Yea  Krazyken39 | 02/27/07
Surprised?  gjbromwell@... | 02/27/07
How Many?  timgesner | 02/27/07
Due Diligence  Grantarchy | 02/27/07
Bashing the Microsoft bashers...  Raymond Danner | 02/27/07
MS=Greedy, YOU=Grammarless  Don Dean | 03/02/07
ROFL @ "Control Panel is looking sparse."  Patt_ur_hole@... | 02/27/07
If this is VISTA on a bad day Im gone.....  carlsf@... | 02/27/07
Justice  s_carter2000@... | 02/27/07
Why point up with it  rtb | 02/27/07
Dual boot  ZZZ1 | 02/27/07
This Whole Vista Bashing thing!  jaysson@... | 02/27/07
Anybody try launching an exe through explorer or prompt in reduced mode?  GreatInca | 02/28/07
Whatever happened to freedom from unlawful search and seizure?  D_Flahive2000@... | 03/03/07
Vista? I don't need no steenking Veesta !  mike_flood | 03/07/07
And Still the Sheople Buy It...  msspurlock2 | 03/28/07
a buggy piece of intrusion  jguyp725@... | 05/03/07
RE: Windows Vista  garetjax@... | 05/23/08

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