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Subject: Re: Windows XP - a privacy issue?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 21:59:02 10/27/01

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Of course for site licensing activation schema differs.

Eugene

On October 27, 2001 at 16:41:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 27, 2001 at 16:03:59, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>Microsoft is not so dumb as to ignore the millions of people who don't have an
>>Internet connection. You can call a 1-800 number to activate XP, too.
>
>
>All I can say there is that I am _not_ going to dial 4000 1-800 calls to
>register all the PCs here at UAB that are not able to connect to the outside
>world.
>
>
>
>Site
>>licenses are done differently, too, so you only have to activate the site. I
>>wouldn't be surprised if product activation works after you install a proxy
>>client, too, to get through your firewall.
>
>
>We don't do proxies for every silly service someone can dream up.  Otherwise
>the firewall becomes pointless...
>
>
>
>
> Remember, you have 30 days to
>>activate WinXP after you install it. Lots of time to sort out your network
>>issues.
>>
>>-Tom
>
>That is going to be part of the issue.  Not only is there a technical issue
>in upgrading to XP,  Now there are additional technical issues to get the
>product activated.  We have a departmental firewall.  The campus has a border
>firewall.  The hospital side has their own firewall.
>
>We are looking at this pretty carefully right now, in fact, and are seriously
>considering whether windows has a place in our labs or not.  It's an interesting
>question.



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