You have no secrets from MS. They are monitoring your keyboard, reading your hard drive, and watching you through what you think is the power light on your monitor. I better stop revealing their secrets before they cut m Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:14 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Question. > Gary; > That makes sense. > The Nero program actually came with my DVD burner, which is in the House > computer. > I installed it on the Shop Computer, which only had a CD burner...so I guess > this was enough to upset the apple cart. > And you're right Jerry....life is too short. I just hate passing info to > Microsoft...twice.;-) > > -Ed- > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _____________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:59 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP Question. > > > > Ed, it sounds screwy to me. The MS activation is only for hardware > > changes as far as I know. > > > > The only thing I can think of, is that Windows might not see your DVD > > burner as a burner, just a reader. Then when Nero is installed, Windows > > then sees the drive as a burner and thus the so called hardware change. > > One change though is not usually enough to call up the activation, > > unless you have been making numerous other changes too. This is far > > fetched but thats all I can think of. > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > McCartney Electronics > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > Est. 1984 > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: > >> Hey Guys...here's a new one on me. I just finished installing Nero on my > >> computer. After the install a Microsoft message comes up after the > >> initial boot, that my software has changed significantly since I > >> activated my XP. And tells me that it must be re-activated within 3 days. > >> So I went back with my GoBack program and restored the computer before > >> the install of Nero...then stopped asking me to re-activate Windows XP. > >> > >> What gives....does Microsoft now want to check your computer each time > >> you install a Non-Microsoft program???? > >> > >> Screw them. Although the Nero program belongs to me...I don't think I > >> should have to report to Microsoft on my software....am I right? > >> > >> -Ed- > >> E. Gaidies > >> Tel-Tek Electronics > >> Ontario-Canada > >> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > >> This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > >> engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >> Set Vacation > >> mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > >> Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >> Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > > engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/