Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In North America XP Home edition version has to be resister via Internet or phone with Microsoft. It is one computer license. They take snap shot of your motherboard and partition and store in database. Any changes in that area (i.e your C: drive died) and you will have problems. You will get message like “your activation key is not valid, please use another one”. XP pro version does not have this activation issue. I did not try to use “Ghost” program for home XP to check more. There are not many device drivers for XP, generally old devices will not work on XP. You have to download XP drivers from particular company web site. Sometimes when devices are old you can not get any XP driver. This is marketing, they force you to buy a new stuff. On Microsoft web site there is a page about activation procedure (quite dry): http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/activation.asp or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/xpactiv.asp Victor >>>>>> From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> Subject: [Leica] OT: XP experiences I am posting to both lists since there are knowledgeable people everywhere... Later this week I will buy a new computer. It will be a Wintel machine, since I need to use it for both "real work" and my photo stuff. I have the option of buying an off-the-shelf machine with XP Home editional preinstalled, or having it custom-made, in which case I can of course install whatever OS I want. The one thing that concerns me about XP is the registration requirement and the possibility that at some point the program will think that this is a new computer and will not let me install some accessory or upgrade. Am I being paranoid? I would like to hear from people who have XP computers and who have subsequently installed things like extra SCSI cards etc. Also, what is the situation with new drivers for peripherals like the Nikon LS2000, Epson 2450 scanners, and Epson 700, 1200 and 1160 printers? Any special problems in the XP context? TIA. Nathan _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html