[ale] Finding desktops, laptops and hardware in Atlanat

[H. A. Story]

Geoffrey wrote:

>James P. Kinney III wrote:
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>>On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 10:14 -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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>>>The problem with this in practice is that when Micro Seconds, Goodwill, 
>>>etc., accepts a computer, how do they know if the license is still in 
>>>force?  They can't - unless MS has some sort of phone-home database that 
>>>keeps track of all licenses and license holders.
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>>They have it in the system updater process. That's why the security
>>patches now require the "new" updater tool. As long as the user name
>>list hasn't changed the system just appears to have been relocated to a
>>new ISP. Start adding new user accounts...
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>I do know that you can not take a version of oem XP from a new computer 
>and install it on a different computer.  It knows what hardware it is 
>supposed to be on and will not install.
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>This happened to me when I attempted to move the XP from a new Sony box 
>to my daughter's box.  I was going to use the Sony box as a pure Linux 
>box.  The software would not install on her box.
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And that is the reason I hate systems of that nature and prefer generic 
boxes.  Have some fun.  Put a generic non-retail XP CD in a Acer machine 
and watch what happens.  Divide be zero during boot.  Sony, Compaq, HP, 
Packer Bell, Acer, Dell.... etc all have those restore/install CDs.  
Personally they should just call them install CDs.  Cause you are not 
going to restore anything..