Re: Do you consider this software licensing practice ethical? I am furious!

On Dec 26, 2:04 am, d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein) wrote:
In article <88i3n3h4sclvi0sd62vabhu5956277t...@xxxxxxx>, Scott in SoCal wrote:
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:02:59 -0800, LDC <ldcol...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It appears that if you replace or reformat the harddrive windows
resides on you will use an additional activation when you try to use
or install the program again. They are probably hiding a "file"
somewhere on the boot disk if not in the boot sectors.

Note that from the standpoint of an application there is no
difference between replacing and reformatting the windows partition.

And Scott asks why you don't just restore an image. That would do
little good if it meant reloading a defective OS.

All this talk about defective OSes and reformatting hard drives is a
bit far-fetched, don't you think? How often do you think the typical
user of a quilting program has a defective OS or reformats their hard
drive? I have systems here that have NEVER been reformatted, let alone
4 times in one night...

4 times in 2-3 years I find easy to believe! All too often Windows
crashes especially badly, so badly as to have best recovery being reformat
and reinstall all programs and then copy data from backups!

Actualy, I only have it that bad maybe once per 2 years on average,
but I still consider it mean to not allow for people to endure Windows
crashes so bad as to not allow a successful uninstall before reformat!
heck, I had plenty of Windows crashes bad enough to not let me uninstall
a lot of my programs until I fully recover from the Windows crash!

- Don Klipstein (d...@xxxxxxxxx)

My system is functioning okay most of the time when I reformat/
reinstall. I usually do it whenever I create a redundant backup to
keep off site.

Helps me keep my file structure clean and organized, remove all traces
of softwares and drivers that I am no longer using, takes care of any
strange quirks that crept into the system over time, and reinstalls
all my major software.

Perhaps repair installs, as Ron mentions, take care of all such issues
now days. I'm not sure how it would remove all the software I've
installed and no longer used in its entirety- uninstalling definitely
doesn't work perfectly all the time. It certainly wouldn't reinstall
the majority of my core applications afterwards either, if it did
remove them all. If it is able to resolve all DLL hell-related
issues- well, I know better. I'll stick with unattended installs and
reformats myself. I would expect more people to be Ghosting than
resorting to repair installs- has it really improved that much?

-tek
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