I do not promote piracy in any form, but the way microsoft does business sure makes it tempting.
For instance several weeks ago I had to reformat which required reactivating my legal copy of windows.
This was in Saudi Arabia.
Since it was the weekend there, Thursday and Friday the service was not available as the office was closed.
I know you are supposed to get 30 days to do this but have heard of problems in this time frame.
I had to call the USA number, was greeted in Spanish and put on hold for 7 minutes.
I could have bought a pirated copy for 1/10th the cost of the phone call and saved money.
So much for trying to do things right.
You would also be suprised at the Microsoft pirated software installed and run at major companies in Saudi Arabia.
This with the full knowledge of the company and managment involved.

Two friends of mine have had the msg from MS. Seems they are waging war against the 'criminals' who are doing this. I wonder if they can win because if they get it wrong and block a genuine user they could be in serious trouble.

I don't much mind them stopping piracy but they have to do it right. The rights of an individual could easily be impinged by what appears to a be some kind of invasion of privacy.

Dunno! Wait and see. :cool: