Another reason I'll never run Vista

Posted on November 1st, 2007 in Geeky by Chooch

There are a lot of things I dislike about Vista. Some are philosophical, some are even theoretical, but this one is very real, and (imho) very wrong!

From APC Magazine:

After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I’ve finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into “reduced functionality” mode, where you can’t do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

You’ll then need to reapply to Microsoft to get a new activation code.

How can this crazy situation occur? Read on for the sorry tale

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