>>>I don't like this activation stuff either.
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>>Just for arguements sake, unless you'd rather not, why do you dislike it?
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>Hey Mike,
>Even though I'm all for MS doing whatever they want to do, I kinda thought it was a real kick in the shorts, right away. After I used it (Office XP) however, it was actually pretty easy. I think it is just being knocked before being tried. Maybe I'm wrong, and people will still hate it after they've had to do it, maybe not.
>John

Also, maybe it is different from the XP activation...