Timothy Murphy wrote:
Jim Cornette wrote:
I only had cell phones and no land line when my wife bought her a
laptop. We could not register at home even though we had high speed. We
had to wait and register when we brought the laptop over to a person who
had a land line to register. Some people say that they never had to
register, but authentication of the license had to be performed in some
manner.
You (or maybe someone else) keeps saying this,
but does one _have to_ "authenticate" Windows?
I've installed several versions of Windows on virgin machines,
and I don't recall having to be on the internet before Windows worked.
I had to put in the secret 20-cipher code, and then Windows ran.
As it happened, last time I installed I could not get onto the internet
until I downloaded a driver for my WiFi device (on a different machine).
I've heard references that non-networked versions of XP are alright and
will function until it connects to the Internet. This might have saved
you from the hassle until you got the wifi connected. I do not delve too
deeply into the innards of M$ policies. I did however have to curse M$
on the phone when getting re-activation numbers over the telephone for
re-installed systems.
Jim
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