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It's 2013, and Windows Activation Is Still Frustrating
Deathspawner writes "There's little that's more frustrating than being a legal customer and getting screwed over by the company you're supporting. If there's a perfect example of this, it's with Microsoft's OS and its millions of customers that have had to ring its tech support lines for activation help. Recently, a Techgage writer got bit by an issue with Windows 8 — caused by Microsoft itself — and wasn't even able to call to fix it. Microsoft has two problems to solve here: it needs online chat support (like most large companies in 2013) and it definitely needs an activation system that doesn't make things difficult for its legal customers on a too-regular basis."
This is probably finally the year for it.
Now, let me go off and spend the next two hours installing the java plugin for Firefox on my Ubuntu box.
I mean, surely megaupload was closed, but there are hundreds of different file hosting services where you can download RemoveWAT from.
It doesn't do a thing to stop pirates anyway, so what's the point of it?
Whatever do you mean? Windows 8 has been Microsoft's most effective anti-piracy scheme ever. Not that they meant it to be, but still...
Let's not even talk about Adobe. Everything about their customer interaction process, whether it be downloads, activations, even getting them to take your damn money, appears to be cobbled together from a mixture of coldfusion from the mid 90's and a bitter, gnawing, hatred of all that exists, older than the primordial Void itself. All wrapped up in a ghastly AIR UI, naturally.
Bought a brandnew HP laptop for my gf. Windows 8 is a pain to use without touch screen. I don't dare to move the mouse near any corner of the screen again ...
Dude, serves you right for installing a new video card.
What business does someone have opening the case? It should violate DMCA to use a non OEM hard drive.
THL phish sticks