Re: XP Automatically Sending Product Registration Numbers??

From: Dave Thornburgh (dave-thorn@nodash.adelphia.net)
Date: 02/13/03 

From: "Dave Thornburgh" <dave-thorn@nodash.adelphia.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 06:42:45 GMT

<aphie2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:tvo2a.12739$1q2.1220660@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> I recently heard a rumor from a computer "guru" that XP automatically
> sends to Microsoft Corp product registration numbers of any Microsoft
> product (i.e Microsoft Office) on a particular machine via the Internet
> the first time an Internet connection is made. Is there any base for
> this rumor?

It's not a rumor, it's called Product Activation, and Microsoft is fairly up
front about it - the process doesn't happen without the user knowing about
it.

It doesn't happen the very next time you connect, but rather at the time the
software is installed. If the Activation is skipped, I believe there are
nag popups for the next 30 days.

This is a new "feature" of XP products - Windows XP, Office XP, etc.

Dave

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