Damn Microsoft!

[Qonfused]

They're anti-piracy has gone too far.

When I go to put in my CD-Key, it says it's been used too much and to enter a new one. What the hell? Of course I've used it a bunch, it's re-formatting, Microsoft -- lots of people do it, and far more frequent than me. It's either get a new key (buy another copy or... other ways) or call them to speak to a rep in which I know is gonna be some Arab that I can't understand.

Sigh.

/rant.

 

[Beerdude26]

They're anti-piracy has gone too far.

When I go to put in my CD-Key, it says it's been used too much and to enter a new one. What the hell? Of course I've used it a bunch, it's re-formatting, Microsoft -- lots of people do it, and far more frequent than me. It's either get a new key (buy another copy or... other ways) or call them to speak to a rep in which I know is gonna be some Arab that I can't understand.

Sigh.

/rant.

Same here. I use my legal cd key and it says it's already in use.
OF COURSE IT'S IN USE, YOU DIMWITS!
*Goes to warez because he doesn't have any choice*

 

[Direwolf]

Yeah, had the same problem myself. Theres a bunch of workarounds out, but I found that often the best of them is to just borrow a key from a friend who isn't going to hit that 25-install limit (thats it I believe) anytime soon.

 

[Reaktor4]

If you think things are bad now wait till windows vista

 

[Beerdude26]

If you think things are bad now wait till windows vista

Yeh, DRM and all that shit :/
Windows : OMG YUO HAVE AN UNLICENSED MP3
You : Ummm... It's just me and my friends jamming
Windows : STFU LIEZ!!!1111 *Calls FBI*
FBI : OMG WTF WHO STOLE MY SANDWICH
You : Yeah, umm, Windows told me I have an unlicensed MP3 while I made the song...
FBI : YUO NOT ALOWED TO TALK!!!!111 GTFO!!!111
You : :<

 

[Reaktor4]

Yeh, DRM and all that shit :/
Windows : OMG YUO HAVE AN UNLICENSED MP3
You : Ummm... It's just me and my friends jamming
Windows : STFU LIEZ!!!1111 *Calls FBI*
FBI : OMG WTF WHO STOLE MY SANDWICH
You : Yeah, umm, Windows told me I have an unlicensed MP3 while I made the song...
FBI : YUO NOT ALOWED TO TALK!!!!111 GTFO!!!111
You : :<

;(

 

[Qonfused]

Yeh, DRM and all that shit :/
Windows : OMG YUO HAVE AN UNLICENSED MP3
You : Ummm... It's just me and my friends jamming
Windows : STFU LIEZ!!!1111 *Calls FBI*
FBI : OMG WTF WHO STOLE MY SANDWICH
You : Yeah, umm, Windows told me I have an unlicensed MP3 while I made the song...
FBI : YUO NOT ALOWED TO TALK!!!!111 GTFO!!!111
You : :<

Hahahaha...
Well, I called Windows Support. And guess what, he was Arabian! My copy works now and, eh, I still have to sell the old PC. I think I'm screwed out of $80.
Wares, here I come.

 

[Gunner]

Arab, not arabian. And warez microsoft software, they don't care as long you're not using Linux.

 

[Que-Ever]

why not arabian? is that something different?

 

[Beerdude26]

Arab, not arabian. And warez microsoft software, they don't care as long you're not using Linux.

Windows : Windows Vista has detected that you also run Linux on this computer . Delete?
You : No thanks. I'll just click on the... Hey, where'd the 'No' button go?
Windows : 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,...
Windows : Linux succesfully deleted. Have a nice day.
Windows : Do you want to browse the Microsoft site for some software?
You : D:

 

[Angry Lawyer]

D:

The Shens smiley. No other combination of ASCII characters can convey more emotion than that.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[The Monkey]

I've never re-formatted my hard drive and I've had it for two years.

 

[xLostx]

whats the old pc's specs and how much

 

[Beerdude26]

The Shens smiley. No other combination of ASCII characters can convey more emotion than that.

-Angry Lawyer

QFT

 

[Maxi]

The limit isn't 25 times, it's more like 5.

 

[Ev!lP!e]

Limit on Home was 3 on the one i had, just phone them up and they give you a new one....not that bad now is it

 

[Dr. Freeman]

yeah, if u have a legal copy of the OS..just call them up.
i have done it 3 times since i bought my version of XP.

 

[Gunner]

why not arabian? is that something different?

Well you say Arabian horse for example, or an arabian peninsula. Whereas Arab means a person of arabian ethnicity. See the difference?

 

[Que-Ever]

Well you say Arabian horse for example, or an arabian peninsula. Whereas Arab means a person of arabian ethnicity. See the difference?

yes. um... thank you.

 

[Jangle]

The Shens smiley. No other combination of ASCII characters can convey more emotion than that.

-Angry Lawyer

There's freaking t-shirts :O


http://www.zestuff.com/product.php?productid=91&cat=21&page=1

 

[craig]

I've had to ring M$ twice now to authenticate my copy of Windoze and each time the Indian guy on the other end of the phone has spoken to me in a condescending tone almost accusing me of installing the OS on multiple machines (I upgrade my puter often)... the price you pay buying Windows XP, eh?

 

[AtomicSpark]

Now I haven't had this problem before, but how can it tell how many times you've installed it if it only asks for the key when you install? Are you talking about when you update it or other programs that need you to run the genuine advantage tool?

That thing is evil. I cant update past SP2 on my "warez" computer. I do have a legit copy of xp x64 pro that I got for $16 dollar. Heh. Yay for loopholes.

 

[Sulkdodds]

There's freaking t-shirts

D:

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Hahahaha...
Well, I called Windows Support. And guess what, he was Arabian! My copy works now and, eh, I still have to sell the old PC. I think I'm screwed out of $80.
Wares, here I come.

He was probably Indian because I don't know of any Arab nations that call centers are based in for the west. India has most of them, though.

 

[Revisedsoul]

reformating is for suckers. just ghost it after you have all your drivers and main programs installed(not games)

 

[koondrad]

I've had to ring M$ twice now to authenticate my copy of Windoze and each time the Indian guy on the other end of the phone has spoken to me in a condescending tone almost accusing me of installing the OS on multiple machines (I upgrade my puter often)... the price you pay buying Windows XP, eh?

I found them quite helpful actually. I must have been lucky because they even understood my accent.

 

[Asus]

I've never had a problem and I've had to to call them several times. Once was in the middle of the night. Simple, just read off the number on my screen from the activate screen and and they ask if I have this installed on any other machine. Just say 'no' or 'this machine only' and they give you a number to type in to activate it. They always seem english to me.

 

[Dumb Dude]

I would say just call them. Heck, I called them twice activating a "free" version of XP Home.