October 23, 2007

WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate | APC Magazine

WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate APC Magazine

About three weeks ago I experienced this very painful problem of my perfectly legitimate Vista installation requiring reactivation. The process was handled efficiently by Microsoft, but the tribulation of rectifying a problem that was not of my making and had nothing to do with piracy which MS is rightly trying to prevent, was a two hour ordeal.

There has to be a better way for MS to keep legitimate users out of this ordeal. In addition, it has to be costly for MS, too, but perhaps not as costly as the piracy. I hope the upcoming Vista service pack will ameliorate this heavy inconvenience.

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