You have purchased the right to use. You have not purchased the software. If MS requires you to sign up for passport as part of the licensing, they can do this. MS is not charging you for passport. I don't see what your problem is here.


>Renoir,
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>I've never been a big Brian Livingston fan but I tend to agree with him on this one, especially on the Passport issue. I really resent having to sign up for Passport just to exercise my privledges as a MSDN Universal Subscriber. I paid hard-earned cash for that subscription; Microsoft is the supplier and I AM THE CUSTOMER, a concept they don't seem to understand.
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>I received the released versions of XP in the latest MSDN shipment but I'm not going to rush into installing it. I have had good results with W2K and see no reason to switch at the present time.