19 Oct
2000
19 Oct
'00
3:24 p.m.
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
I'm told
that the principal difference between W98SE and ME is that you
can't install ME without first registering it. I haven't tried it, so I
don't know whether that's really the case, but . . .
They've
supposedly added this now to Office 2000; if you skip the
registration,
it launches 50 times, then quits working.
And of course, if you complete the online registration, it "phones home".
Now, what if you have neither a modem nor other network connection?
I wonder if it allows the "print out form and mail in" registration.
If so, that's one way to skin a fat cat... (not that I'm suggesting
piracy, just suggesting not going along with the flow).