[WriteLog] Operating system--followup

[ad6e@inreach.com]

I've heard that, but my limited experience says it isn't true.
I have XP pro running on this lap top that I bought last Dec .. a year ago.
For the first several months it was NEVER connected to the internet and I
never called anyone at MS to activate the OS. Of course, it could be that
this "registration" was done for me by the lap top vendor. I have a full
copy of XP pro that I got as an MS subscriber, but I've never tried a cold
install.

I prefer Win98se.

73, Al AD6E



Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:19:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Jim Reisert AD1C <ad1c@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jjreisert@alum.mit.edu
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Operating system--followup
To: Ron Stordahl <ron.stordahl@digikey.com>, gbaron <gbaron@charter.net>,
   W0UN--John Brosnahan <shr@ricc.net>, writelog@contesting.com

--- Ron Stordahl <ron.stordahl@digikey.com> wrote:

> "As for phone home, you can turn that off."
>
> You must know something we don't?

You can call Microsoft on the telephone to activate your software.  If you
don't activate it within 30 days, it will stop working.

73 - Jim AD1C