Elijah Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 I've had XP for a long wile now (sence it came out) and i just formatted my HD... well i get a little message telling me i cannot activeate windows becuse my CD Key has been used to meny times... now sence i've had XP i have formatted a large number of times... Is this microsofts trick to get you to but another copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Ben Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 No I think it's to stop from getting you to burn a copy of the cd and giving the key away. This probably happens a lot, and it's the only way they can protect against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseP Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Switch to Linux, man,.... You can run Jedi Outcast from WineX and it runs just about flawlessly,... Linux will never contain product activation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Old_Ben No I think it's to stop from getting you to burn a copy of the cd and giving the key away. This probably happens a lot, and it's the only way they can protect against it. Even if you burn a copy you still need a Key! and its kinda like taking away MY freedom to format as i see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by JaseP Switch to Linux, man,.... You can run Jedi Outcast from WineX and it runs just about flawlessly,... Linux will never contain product activation. I've been thinking about doing that. Dont you have to pay to use WineX? Does it support any other fancy games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absurd Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 They give you a phone # to call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 u have 2 call a number, and give the activation key, and than they will activate your winXP version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 i heard that walmart is going to be selling computers with Lindows on them... i guess even the evil walmart empire doesnt like the evil microsoft empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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