In article , "gregh"
wrote:

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In article , "Newt"
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A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me that
it
sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send info back in
Visual
Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this would be true but thought
I'd
ask you lot to shed some light on this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with same or
generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your pc useless
remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt



It would be a violation of US federal law to disable a computer under
those circumstances...

Disabling Windows XP, for example, doesn't disable the computer, just
Windows XP. So, if you have a dual boot system with Linux on the other side,
your computer isn't disabled, is it?


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In any event, they cannot "deactivate" Windows XP if it is installed on
your system. This would be considered by the feds as a Denial of Service.

Plain and Simple.