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**HAL9000** · 08-09-2002, 01:14 PM

The only ones that I have seen without product activation are;

1) Corporate Edition which unless you are using it legally from the business that you work for or own, (I highly doubt the home user would purchase it) that is piracy and not supported in these forums.

2) BIOS locked OEM CD's. These come from a computer manufacturer and are BIOS locked to work with only that PC.

3) Proprietary machines. For example, I have an HP machine on display in my shop that has a recovery CD and the system does not require activation.

To the best of my knowledge, ALL other OEM and retail boxed products require activation.

08-09-2002, 01:14 PM	#9
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	The only ones that I have seen without product activation are; 1) Corporate Edition which unless you are using it legally from the business that you work for or own, (I highly doubt the home user would purchase it) that is piracy and not supported in these forums. 2) BIOS locked OEM CD's. These come from a computer manufacturer and are BIOS locked to work with only that PC. 3) Proprietary machines. For example, I have an HP machine on display in my shop that has a recovery CD and the system does not require activation. To the best of my knowledge, ALL other OEM and retail boxed products require activation. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.