my computer runs a game server and a website (with forum). just a bit ago i was saying about how i was getting a bunch of memory errors and i had to format it, in the process, my forum had to be reset because it had serious errors on it.
NOW, the XP activation crack failed and the system is nagging me to register it. i did the online register thing and the piece of crap tells me i can't register it because my CD Key is already in use!!! WELL DUH!!!!! i registered XP last time but since i formatted it, i have to register again which makes M$ think i'm trying to screw them so it doesn't let me and my computer will eventualy veg out until i take all my crap over to Linux.
this just goes to show that their anti-piracy bullshit hurts the customers by screwing them out of hundreds of dollars just because their crap MS OS is a piece of junk which has to be re-installed every few months or so. a buddy of mine had to install Windows ME over 7 times already, if they had that activation thing on ME, his computer would be with no OS within about 3 weeks of him buying it.