Microsoft Activation Rant

[MrCommunistGen]

Micro$oft and their stupid activation software are getting really annoying. I just restarted my computer so that I could re-benchmark it because angry duck noticed that my 3DMark05 Scores were a tad low and now Window$ is telling me that my hardware has significantly changed and that I need to reactivate Windows within 3 Days. Also OfficeXP refuses to work at all until I reactivate. This sucks because I keep records of my benchmark data using a Word document. I'd activate now except that I'll be reinstalling onto a RAID tommorow assuming my hard drives show up.

-mcg

 

[INeedCache]

You sound like an excellent candidate for a non-Microsoft OS.

 

[mesarectifier]

wusy is right; just install with the *well known* key and just change the key once you've installed. It takes about 2 mins.