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OK. I'm confused.
I was thinking of upgrading to Win XP Pro, I'm a web developer and need to be able to run a test web server on it... If you don't activate a *legal* copy, what is it that you can or cannot do? For instance, if I activate it, what does it get me that is not already available? I don't want MS to be able to, erm, "audit" my system in any way, shape or form.
Also, I'm worried about the Media Player thing that lets MS download files to your PC if it wants to. Is it possible to disable that?
I was thinking of upgrading to Win XP Pro, I'm a web developer and need to be able to run a test web server on it... If you don't activate a *legal* copy, what is it that you can or cannot do? For instance, if I activate it, what does it get me that is not already available? I don't want MS to be able to, erm, "audit" my system in any way, shape or form.
Also, I'm worried about the Media Player thing that lets MS download files to your PC if it wants to. Is it possible to disable that?
Tyla wrote:
> If you change too much at one, it thinks you've
> installed it onto another machine and won't let it run!
Happened to me twice, but it's not too much of a problem because you can phone Microsoft on a freephone number to activate instead and they're usually fairly understanding.
> If you change too much at one, it thinks you've
> installed it onto another machine and won't let it run!
Happened to me twice, but it's not too much of a problem because you can phone Microsoft on a freephone number to activate instead and they're usually fairly understanding.
I am currently running a *coughed* version of pro (and they said it couldn't be done!) and have everything you would get witht he legal copy apart from online support from MSInc.
The Corp version is identical to Pro, but... the server licence still needs activating and it uses this to verify your "non activation needed" corp copies.
I've been running mine for over 4 months now without the 14day reminder or the 30day shut out, don't ask how? and have yet to find anything wrong with it. the only thing I haven't got is the IIS part and I'm still trying to find a way to remove messenger!
As for an OS in itself, I like it... Running mine in classic to drop the memory usage, and have yet to see the blue screen of death.
The only thing you have to worry about is how much you upgrade your machine whilst using XP as the activation code is 50 chracters long made up of the base OS serial and various numbers generated from components in your PC. If you change too much at one, it thinks you've installed it onto another machine and won't let it run!
Though i will never have that problem:-)
Hope that helps a little...
Glad to see your still alive too!
The Corp version is identical to Pro, but... the server licence still needs activating and it uses this to verify your "non activation needed" corp copies.
I've been running mine for over 4 months now without the 14day reminder or the 30day shut out, don't ask how? and have yet to find anything wrong with it. the only thing I haven't got is the IIS part and I'm still trying to find a way to remove messenger!
As for an OS in itself, I like it... Running mine in classic to drop the memory usage, and have yet to see the blue screen of death.
The only thing you have to worry about is how much you upgrade your machine whilst using XP as the activation code is 50 chracters long made up of the base OS serial and various numbers generated from components in your PC. If you change too much at one, it thinks you've installed it onto another machine and won't let it run!
Though i will never have that problem:-)
Hope that helps a little...
Glad to see your still alive too!
Thats what i thought, I think it's a bit longer/shorter than 30days though, get the Corporate version, I think someone said it doesn't need to be activated and you get everything the Pro version gets.
OK. I'm confused.
I was thinking of upgrading to Win XP Pro, I'm a web developer and need to be able to run a test web server on it... If you don't activate a *legal* copy, what is it that you can or cannot do? For instance, if I activate it, what does it get me that is not already available? I don't want MS to be able to, erm, "audit" my system in any way, shape or form.
Also, I'm worried about the Media Player thing that lets MS download files to your PC if it wants to. Is it possible to disable that?
I was thinking of upgrading to Win XP Pro, I'm a web developer and need to be able to run a test web server on it... If you don't activate a *legal* copy, what is it that you can or cannot do? For instance, if I activate it, what does it get me that is not already available? I don't want MS to be able to, erm, "audit" my system in any way, shape or form.
Also, I'm worried about the Media Player thing that lets MS download files to your PC if it wants to. Is it possible to disable that?