Re: Windows XP upgrade question -- MIDRANGE-NONTECH

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Hi Jeff -

> > One of the main things ... the whole OS is spyware.  By default, XP will
> > report a lot of the things you do to MicroSoft.  It can be turned off, but
> > you have to know how.
>
>So tell me how. <g>

I *knew* I should have put in the line "Don't ask me how ... since I'm not
going to get WinXP, I haven't bothered with the details."

> > Also, if you make significant hardware changes, the OS will decide that you
> > have installed it on a new system, requiring you to contact MicroSoft and
> > persuade them that it's still on the same system and to give you a new
> > license key.  Otherwise, after some period of time, the OS will stop
> working.
>
>That part stinks.

AFAIC, the whole thing stinks.  If I was going to upgrade from WinNT4 to
another Windows OS, it would only be as high as Win2K.  But as I've
mentioned before on the list, Linux will most likely be my next OS.

Ken
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