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Corporations Suffer Microsoft Activation Bug

Posted by michael on from the under-the-yoke dept.

Uncle Bob writes "Trustworthy Computing, eat your heart out! As of the 2003-04-14 update, people are reporting that Office 2000 SR1a is now asking to be "registered" again. And again, and again. Very little information has been posted on the traditional news sites (the only link I could find was The Register. Note - The Register's story is not quite accurate, but the registration bug is real. Our company with approx 80,000 PCs has been hit...."

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  1. Sweet. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    "You have successfully activated Microsoft Office 2000.
    Your computer will resume crashing.

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  2. Cracking down on Piracy? by jamesjw · · Score: 5, Funny


    I think Microsoft have gone a little overboard this time.. maybe they got the licence code crossed with the auto save..

    "It has been fifteen minutes since you last entered your licence number, would you like to enter it again now? [Yes] [Yes] or [YES!]" :)

    -- Jim.

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  3. This is only the beginning. by Chocolate+Teapot · · Score: 4, Funny
    Within a couple of years you will not even be able to log into windows without standing with your hand on your heart, pledging allegiance to the gilded image of Chairman Gates and singing the anthem. All together now...

    "Developers, developers, developers, developers.."

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  4. Did you say..... Oh. by gosand · · Score: 4, Funny
    Within a couple of years you will not even be able to log into windows without standing with your hand on your heart, pledging allegiance to the gilded image of Chairman Gates and singing the anthem.

    Dang, I thought you said gelded .

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  5. Secure Computing by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well least it gets round the problem of any pirated software. No one can run anything now :)

    rus

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