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Less Onerous?? How About Less Frequent???
I am sick of the weekly "Genuine Windows Critical System Update".

Once my copy of Windows has been validated, leave me alone. Go away, stop harassing me!

Product activation is the work of Satan. And the "Genuine Horse Hockey" checking is just another demon running amok.

Give me the good old days when I bought software, not an ongoing dialog with the vendor.
Posted by: sismoc   Posted on: 05/07/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Less Onerous?? How About Less Frequent???  sismoc | 05/07/09
Activation caused us to drop MS completely - now we couldn't be happier!  --phs | 05/07/09
Slow down...  Cayble | 05/07/09
STOP! You're making WAY too much sense! happy  Wolfie2K3 | 05/07/09
The VAST majority?  mdsock@... | 05/12/09
Linux vs Windows  teacher006 | 05/12/09
Small potatoes for something that works  bagelstream | 05/23/09
My sentiments exactly  Darkamster2004 | 05/26/09
The Vast Majority  Cardhu | 07/17/09
Very True  ViperHost1 | 05/08/09
It's all about allowing piracy then enforce.  TripleII | 05/07/09
But with Linux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  NStalnecker | 05/07/09
I'm a fanboy.  TripleII | 05/07/09
Who cares, its a geeks OS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/09
Way to completely miss the point and throw in useless FUD.  TripleII | 05/07/09
Silly Trip  Viva la crank dodo | 05/07/09
Did you just make those numbers up or did you get them somewhere?  InAction Man | 05/07/09
Linux Hits 1% Market Share Milestone  smoke455 | 05/07/09
It says: "We can see that Windows' share has slowly been dropping"  InAction Man | 05/08/09
Windows slight drop in OS share...  gypkap@... | 05/11/09
re: Windows slight drop in OS share...  mdsock@... | 05/12/09
RE:Who cares, its a geeks OS  richdave | 05/07/09
BRAVO!!!  kyn_67@... | 05/07/09
Absolutely on the money!  unclefixer@... | 05/07/09
The Linux 'Market Share' Myth  anothercanuck | 05/11/09
If there is one thing I could change  NStalnecker | 05/07/09
Point taken.  TripleII | 05/07/09
You say that as if it is a bad thing  NonZealot | 05/07/09
borrowed ideas  xstep | 05/07/09
Try again  ITLeader | 05/07/09
What I object to is having to prove  clfitz | 05/07/09
You can disagree with the mechanics  NonZealot | 05/07/09
This hurts...  robt@... | 05/12/09
It is a bad thing.  TripleII | 05/07/09
Tell your friend to call  davidhite | 05/12/09
It is  mdsock@... | 05/12/09
The activation is  ITLeader | 05/07/09
Why?  {DvT}Hex | 05/07/09
They could win.  TripleII | 05/07/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  condelirios | 05/07/09
It isn't just Microsoft that hasn't gotten the message  Lerianis | 05/07/09
Just call MS if this happens  davidhite | 05/12/09
Activation is okay  Lerianis | 05/07/09
uhh that is a documented feature...  xXSpeedzXx | 05/07/09
tied to the motherboard?  unclefixer@... | 05/07/09
OEM software isn't the issue  gdwojo@... | 05/12/09
Here's the dreaded word...  mdsock@... | 05/12/09
"you don't like it, don't buy it"  Ole Man | 05/13/09
Eh... whatever  Michael Kelly | 05/07/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  xstep | 05/07/09
Does it matter Microsoft?  serpentmage | 05/07/09
And for those of us who aren't youngsters,...  HAFox | 05/12/09
Treating paying customers like criminals  bblackmoor@... | 05/07/09
All software users are criminals...  LeeC | 05/11/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  bblackmoor@... | 05/07/09
Aren't euphemisms wonderful?  John L. Ries | 05/07/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  halj | 05/07/09
WGA is horrible, slows down XP  anonymuos | 05/07/09
XP sucks, upgrade to Vista  qmlscycrajg | 05/08/09
All Windows users are thieves  whisperycat | 05/08/09
Very accurate  Ole Man | 05/08/09
You are incredibly wrong  robt@... | 05/12/09
Linux is clunky?  Dave32265 | 05/12/09
No...YOU are incredibly wrong....  bcwise | 05/12/09
Rent On!  teacher006 | 05/12/09
New name, same old Clap  Alan Smithie | 05/08/09
WGA means Windows is not suitable for business use.  User07734 | 05/08/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  bcwise | 05/08/09
Windows is out  pogson | 05/08/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  andy@... | 05/11/09
Same crap  superbus | 05/11/09
RE: Same Crap  bfilipiak@... | 05/11/09
The option  LeeC | 05/11/09
Wrong again!  Ole Man | 05/11/09
You truely...  Dave32265 | 05/12/09
Gotta agree...  robt@... | 05/12/09
"I run NO Antivirus and have no issues, never have."  StevenOz | 05/12/09
Bulls**t  teacher006 | 05/12/09
I'm happy to pay for what I use  mdsock@... | 05/13/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  brues.1@... | 05/11/09
Success with Vista and piracy...  LapDRx | 05/11/09
The customer pays the price  jparr | 05/11/09
RE: With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in  moonlynx@... | 05/11/09
LOL...  Dave32265 | 05/12/09
This is a kinder, gentler way of Microsoft telling users...  tunghoy | 05/12/09
Let'??s see whether the company actually makes them less onerous.  Jeremy W | 05/12/09
Same Nonsense, Different Name  chessmen | 05/12/09
Freedom, what freedom?  hopped | 05/13/09
Alternatives to Windows Software  Ole Man | 06/05/09
@  Chrissd | 06/10/09
An Intelligent Post Yourself  Cardhu | 07/17/09

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