19 Oct
2000
19 Oct
'00
7:50 a.m.
Richard Erlacher 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 . . .
Dick
I don't doubt it. When you install Office 2000 Pro, it asks you
to connect to microsoft via modem (toll free) or internet in order
to register. If you defer, then it tells you that you can
use the software 50 times before it will shutdown and you will
have to register in order for it to keep working. I actually
opened and quit Word 50 times to see what happened. It refused
to keep working. So I registered, and it asked me whether I agreed
to provide information about my computer to MS so that
"they could offer me better technical support in the future".
Needless to say, I refused, but I wonder how much the managed to find
out about me in the process.
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Carlos Murillo-Sanchez email: cem14(a)cornell.edu
428 Phillips Hall, Electrical Engineering Department
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853