That is a single sided statement. The fact of the matter is it isnt just
Microsoft products. I can not even begin to tell you how many applications
like Nero, Alcohol 120% among many, many others that require you to reboot
before you can use them then after you reboot require you to connect to the
internet to activate them. Where that results in many issues in itself.

So no this isnt just a Microsoft thing. It is a PC thing. Thank you.
Please come again.

--
~Alex T~
..:MVP Windows Shell/User:.

"Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ACD68D13-EB4D-44C7-B831-9A7574C11E94@microsoft.com...
> Wrong, not one of those things that happen on PC's, one of those things
> that
> happen with Microsoft products !
> --
> Retired Boeing Bill
>
>
> "~Alex~.:MVP Windows Shell/User:." wrote:
>
>> That happened to me as well. A reboot took care of it. Seems that not
>> all
>> of the updates finished installing until you reboot or they didn’t take
>> effect till you reboot. Then the activate thing goes away and you are
>> legit
>> again.
>>
>> Just one of those wonderful things that happens with PC's.
>> --
>> ~Alex T~
>> .:MVP Windows Shell/User:.
>>
>> "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B100840D-02C8-4FCE-B90C-AB7C4B53D396@microsoft.com...
>> > I bought this PC (e-machines 3.00GHz dual-core processor, 1 gig ram,
>> > Vista
>> > Home Premium) brand new at Walmart on sale for $600 in September. It
>> > was
>> > fine until I installed SP1.
>> >
>> > At any rate, it's no longer a problem. I just re-booted and it went
>> > away,
>> > don't ask why. Microsoft softeware is allways a mystery and a
>> > challenge........
>> > --
>> > Retired Boeing Bill
>> >
>> >
>> > "~Alex~.:MVP Windows Shell/User:." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Even more interesting is I have seen reports of this on machines known
>> >> to
>> >> have pirated Vista previously and SP1 patched the cracks that were
>> >> available. So I would be more worried about where you got the PC from
>> >> and
>> >> if they are selling pirated software.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ~Alex T~
>> >> .:MVP Windows Shell/User:.
>> >>
>> >> "Jdr" <jdr@world.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B11C4233-A598-4901-AFDE-4C3C5FCDC9CC@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Interesting... which "outsourced centre" came to that conclusion?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Retired Bill" <RetiredBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> > message
>> >> > news:6F9BA816-4379-4BA4-96C7-1C4A58B49356@microsoft.com...
>> >> >>I just installed Vista SP1 through Windows update, restarted my
>> >> >>system
>> >> >>and
>> >> >> got errors abour counterfeit software and my copy of windows didn't
>> >> >> pass??????
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Retired Boeing Bill
>> >> >
>> >> >