jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Aug 25 22:30:56 CDT 2009
I have had to make the call a dozen or more times over the years, as I routinely upgrade my computers. I have never ever had an operator deny me a new key. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Collins, Darryl wrote: > The folks who put out the windows secrets newsletter report a lot of > issues with WGA fouling up people's systems. It has happened to me > before, even though I legit copies of all MS software. It can be really > bothersome if you change a piece of hardware on your PC, or have to > re-install the OS as you need to 'revalidate' the license key. This > usually fail the automatically registration and you have to phone up > Microsoft - From Australia you normally get a call centre somewhere in > India or Asia. If you get lucky the operator will reset the key for you > over the phone. If you don't get lucky MS state that you have already > registered that piece of software and you have to prove that you are > installing it (hard to do over the phone) - sometimes they are rather > aggressive about it - I have experience this with perfectly legal > software re-installs. > > In my experience if you don't get a good result, hang up and try again - > you nearly always get someone else who is happy to give you a new > license key id the next time you call. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Cheers > Darryl. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo > Sent: Wednesday, 26 August 2009 7:01 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: It may be time to stop hating Microsoft. > > But why, I wonder. The first thing I do after installing or running for > the first time is to go for Windows update at which point (or > thereabouts), it kicks in - I accept it and then never hear anything > from then on. > > > I am talking for many years now on many machines. WGA has never caused > me a problem. > > Max > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rodgers > Sent: 25 August 2009 21:41 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: It may be time to stop hating Microsoft. > > Astonishing, Max. You are a fortunate man. Tears poured in forums > suggest the majority is far from so well treated. > > 2009/8/25 Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> > >> Not being argumentative or anything, but I have WGA installed on all >> my machines and all those at work. I have never experienced any >> problems whatsoever over the years it has been installed. Never any > whatsoever. >> Once >> installed, I have never heard a peep out of it. All my updates are >> auto-downloaded and user requested options. >> >> It has never reported any bad software good, bad or indifferent on any > >> of the machines. >> >> Max >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan >> Harkins >> Sent: 25 August 2009 21:19 >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: It may be time to stop hating Microsoft. >> >> I hate WGA -- I haven't installed it and don't intend to, so I'll just > keep >> clicking the Close button and ignoring it. I have no pirated software >> and I'm not hiding a thing. MS has just pissed me off royally with > this one. >> You'd think registering software would be enough. >> >> Susan H. >> >> >>> Of course, that's nothing compared to what happens if you do > accidentally >>> install it. So many forums talk of the absolute nuisance it becomes >>> through alleging legitimately bought software is pirated. 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