Well thats true, but could you answer my question above your reply?
"Mr. Arnold" wrote:
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> "Derek" <Derek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:945DA888-4980-4046-9175-81E350B14564@microsoft.com...
> > What I meant was that the version of Windows is not activated. And what is
> > really bad is that this is a custom built computer.
> >
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> The mess people get them self into is unbelievable at times. You knew the
> system had no disc, you couldn't see your way clear to make a recovery disc,
> you couldn't see your way to activate the product, and you can't see your
> way to call the vendor of the computer to seek help, which should be under
> some kind of software warrantee. 
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