>Craig,
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>>>>>I can, since I install builds all the time. Tell it what country you're in, click a button, and you're done. We'll see how well it works out in production.
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>>>>There you have it, folks!
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>>>I forgot to add that no personal information is required. This whole argument about having to "register" is bogus.
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>>I still wonder what happens upon activation. Does MS capture the IP address or phone number I'm calling from and store that with the serial number? What happens when I try to activate the product for the 11th time?
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>Easy.. Go to www.google.com and do a search for 'XP cracked'. <g> & *gd&rvvffMSFT*
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>How long do you think it's going to take for someone to devise a method around all of this? Without getting into the ethical stuff my guess is about the time the product is shipped..


There is no perfect security scheme. I remember a couple of years ago that a bank in England challenged people to hack into their computers and offered $10,000 if someone could do it in a week. Two hours later, they had a winner.