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Re: Try doing this with Windows

__/ [ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 15:59 \__

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> You cannot /legally/ do this with Windows. The licence are sold per
>> motherboard, so even if your previous computer died and you hauled the old
>> hard-drive, you must purchase a new licence (GBP 65 for XP Home Edition,
>> GBP 135 for Pro, at least in the UK). WGA can probably lock up your system
>> because it probes the hardware to confirm it was not changed. WGA is
>> Microsoft's last suicide attempt.
> 
> s/last/latest/

Well, you are seddin' my words quite sensibly. I'll commit the changes.

roy@BAINE:~>  cvs commit $what_spike_said

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