All of us are using "DRM", it's called "Windows Product Activation."

[XabbaRus]

Originally Posted by swuboo

Windows can, however, stop working because you changed a hard drive or swapped out a graphics card. And if it's not the first time, you'll have to call Microsoft and plead your case before they will deign to let you resume using it. You cite Windows Genuine Advantage as a reason we should be okay with Ubi's far more draconian system. I cite Windows Genuine Advantage as the primary reason that I have not purchased a piece of Microsoft software since XP.

Really? I heard of that but my PC has had a new GFX card, more RAM, new DVD drive and not once has it had to be revalidated and that is after reinstalling XP about 6 times, eg once a year to clear out the system.

Heck I even installed XP from one laptop which had been dismantled onto a different laptop for which I lost the recovery disk and used the serial number off the dismantled laptop and it didn't query that it was on a different laptop to what it should have been expecting. IMHO XP has never been a hassle. The only time I had to phone microsoft is because I read the letter wrong as it was so damn small.