[geeks] Windows XP, and activation

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 @ 15:55 -0800, Geoff Reed said:

> Unfortunately many of the hacks out there to bypass activation also break
> the upgrade mechanism for installing patches and service packs :(

I generally upgrade Win2k using the corporate install files, since you
can download them without babysitting.

I *hate* being forced to do live updates, on *ANY* OS.

It's nice if you have the time to babysit downloads, but otherwise I
rather batch updates and apply them from local sources.


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