tech enthusiasts... please read

[newgrl]

I was just browsing arstechnica (http://www.arstechnica.com/) when an article caught my eye. it is about Microsoft's new "Windows Product Activation."

For those of you who like to tinker with your hardware, you may want to have a look. Microsoft is trying to make it very hard for you to do that.

You will now have to activate a your product ID online... which will then activate your Hardware ID. if you make any signifigant changes to your box... you will not be able to boot...

If you exceed this "tolerance," you'll be stuck with a non-functioning computer until you call Microsoft, and resolve the problem.

the article is located here:
http://www.arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q1/wpa-1.html

it's definately worth a read if you like to tinker at all... and even if you don't.

------------------
Moderator, Windows 9x and NT, helpfromtechs.com (http://www.helpfromtechs.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi)

<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by newgrl on February 20, 2001 at 02:12 AM</font>

[Dogg of Demise]

EDIT
------------------


<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Dogg of Demise on February 23, 2001 at 11:30 PM</font>

[Dogg of Demise]

EDIT

------------------


<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Dogg of Demise on February 23, 2001 at 11:31 PM</font>

[Vernon Frazee]

http://www.webho.com/WealthClock

http://www.helpfromtechs.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

------------------
Moderator, (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&amp;va=moderator)DOS (http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/D/DOS.html)Forum, (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&amp;va=forum)HelpFromTechs. com (http://www.helpfromtechs.com)

[Jaturp]

Sounds to me that it is not about money but about control. There will be some people buying it, those who want the latest and greatest. He also wants to market this security feature. All he is doing is creating hackers and making the average Joe\Jane a law breaker.JT.

------------------

[midnighthawk]

Is linnux hard to learn?? If you know windows?? I have never even seen linux but if windows is going to do that I need different os for sure!!

------------------
Midnighthawk (Dan R.)

[Dogg of Demise]

EDIT
------------------


<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by Dogg of Demise on February 23, 2001 at 11:32 PM</font>

[kulich]

Most people don't have the tinkering bug - for those that do there will be plenty of work-arounds.

And the fun factor will go up.

BTW - who is using spider to expunge the index.dat files in your TIF and cookies folders? Sort of the same thing n'est-ce pas?

<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by kulich on February 22, 2001 at 09:23 PM</font>