I don't think so. I got the same email and I don't even have XP, and I certainly did not reinstall anything recently that required Microsoft's approval (Microsoft doesn't even have my email address for that matter). It's probably a spam test from someone. Susan cartridgeworlduh wrote: > One of my clients rec'd the same message just after re-installing his XP key > on advise from microsoft. For some reason his license glitched and a > Microsoft Tech told him how to fix it. We suspect it is Big Brother watching > you. > regards > Andrew > Cartridge World Upper Hutt > > > -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.