Re: XP

From: brian_carpio@csgsystems.com
Date: 09/04/01 

Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:33:13 -0600 (MDT)
From: brian_carpio@csgsystems.com
To: John Oliver <john.oliver@hosting.com>
Subject: Re: XP
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10109041232250.11822-100000@sylvester.co.csgsystems.com>

So if you don't have web access you can't install and run Microsoft XP??
Also has anyone snooped this transfer and found what port etc.. the data
is going out on? And what IP the data is being sent to.

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Brian Carpio
CSG Systems Inc.
Open Systems Unix System Admin

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On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, John Oliver wrote:

> Jerry Roy wrote:
> >
> > FYI Everyone,
> >
> > Micrososft XP transfers system information with a unique Installation
> > ID (Generated by your existing hardware) that is sent to Microsoft over
> > the web and Microsoft returns an activation code. Without the activation
> > code the software stops working and the same ID cannot be used across
> > multiple PC's because of the unique hardware ID that was generated. If
> > you change any 3 major pieces of Hardware, you have to get a new
> > activation code.
>
> This isn't news. What I'm wondering, though, is how long it'll be
> before someone circumvents their "Installation ID" scheme, and send
> sthem back to Square One... :-)
>
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