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| Started by | Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> |
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| First post | 2014-03-22 11:27 +0100 |
| Last post | 2014-03-31 10:09 -0400 |
| Articles | 2 on this page of 22 — 15 participants |
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Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-22 11:27 +0100
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-22 15:25 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-22 19:05 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2014-03-22 14:21 -0500
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-03-22 21:18 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-23 09:27 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-22 15:52 -0500
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-03-25 16:02 -0700
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-25 23:32 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-26 00:53 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-03-26 16:14 -0700
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-26 08:37 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-03-26 16:23 -0700
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-29 08:00 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-29 10:35 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs john <j@j.jj> - 2014-03-29 14:59 +0000
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-03-29 14:43 -0600
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Marek Novotny <mach2@hushmail.com> - 2014-03-22 15:48 -0500
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-03-29 16:51 -0300
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-30 11:14 -0400
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-03-31 01:11 -0300
Re: Microsoft slips WinXP holdouts $100 to buy new Windows 8 PCs Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-31 10:09 -0400
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| From | Shadow <Sh@dow.br> |
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| Date | 2014-03-31 01:11 -0300 |
| Message-ID | <h1qhj95c67cbkdlrueb8l2rabgscgu0k5c@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2140 |
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:14:20 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: >On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:51:44 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote: > >> XP is more foolproof (literally). You need to give up all your >>private personal info just to activate Win8. > >I'm curious what this means. What information does Win8 require that >earlier versions don't? Name. address, cell phone number, and it also sends MB number, HD number and MAC, which if you change, you are required to report, to "reactivate" your OS. It also transmits GPS and never actually switches off. When you turn Win8 off, it does an opossum, but the wireless stays on. It's a NSA statistician's wet dream. In XP days you just entered your registration number, which could be an OEM. MB and MACS and HD's could be swapped around. No need to reactivate. It did transmit your MAC, and HD number though, but only if you updated online. Win 98 did nothing to ID you. They'll probably want fingerprints,a retina scan, a voice sample and a sperm count for Win 9 ..... "for your privacy". 1984 --- so naive. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012
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| From | Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-03-31 10:09 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <ndtij9pnrmjkrtrs1icsnfs2fj9p5g50br@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #2150 |
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:11:18 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote: >On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:14:20 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:51:44 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote: >> >>> XP is more foolproof (literally). You need to give up all your >>>private personal info just to activate Win8. >> >>I'm curious what this means. What information does Win8 require that >>earlier versions don't? > > Name. address, cell phone number, and it also sends MB number, >HD number and MAC, which if you change, you are required to report, to >"reactivate" your OS. It also transmits GPS and never actually >switches off. When you turn Win8 off, it does an opossum, but the >wireless stays on. It's a NSA statistician's wet dream. Erm... I am pretty sure I entered none of that on my Windows 8.1 computer. It activated fine without all that. Now, Microsoft /does/ push you to create a Microsoft Live account and tie that to your computer as your primary log-in (which is itself quite idiotic), and during account creation it may /request/ all that information when you create the account, but none of it is /required/ to activate and use Windows.
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