I find it alarming, the number of messages on here.
So many people buy software to have it not work.
I've just spend a while and three phone calls until I got very aggresive on the phone, just to get Windows Vista Home Basic activated. (After online and phone automation didnt work).
Im still waiting for a new Ultimate product key from a rep about one week ago (Tech support).
This is getting more pathetic as time goes by.
XP was bad enough, but to be honest, I didnt have ANY problems activating... Just was a pain to do so.
Now there are so many problems, and it costs Microsoft alot of money to have toll free *(and toll) numbers as well as support staff etc.
Wouldnt it work out cheaper to just let the pirates have free software (like they will anyway) and let the legit users have no hassle?