On Friday 19 May 2006 04:54, Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
Another reason for XP to be very popular is because its FREE!! (Pirated version). The XP will vanish from 50% of desktop, if it has hardware security lock. And I am sure MSFT can lock their OS with hardware lock. They are not doing and allowing some piracy to popularise the their product. Just my 2 cent thought...
Well, all that might change. The latest windows updates are going to install a utility to check whether you have a genuine copy. If not, then theres gonna be nag screen making your life hell! :P