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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