Peasant wrote:

> OK, thx, but I'm still not clear on this issue because I know a
> friend
> with an OEM copy of XP and he also got a system message during a
> reinstall of XP that he had exceeded the activation limit. <snip>

Because MS is a scumbag corporation and is deliberately trying to con
it's customers into buying more copies of WinXP than they really need.

MS business model preys on suckers! Just look at MS's corporate
suckers, that MS gets to them to pay twice for the same OS with VL
licensing!

Activation is just a way to get small businesses and individual
consumers to pay for the same OS more than once.

MS would make PT Barnum very damned proud!

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Peace!
Kurt
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