M$ Just Screwed Me Over Big Time

So I just installed DAEMON Tools and it prompted me to reset my computer, so I did.

When it comes back on, Windows XP Pro (legit MSDN copy) tells me that there has been significant changes in hardware.

So then it prompts me to enter a new Product Key. My legit product key I got from MSDN doesn't work anymore, and it thinks I'm putting muliple copies on different computers.

Now I can't get a new key off MSDN since it remembers that it already gave me one.

Thanks a lot microsoft. You screw over your legit users....

I hate this DRM, WPA, etc. crap

Oh yeah. I have 3 days to get another key until I'm locked out.. great.

dl the warez ver and be happy and FREE!

i agree with mr.nails , download the warez copy!

No need for all that. If you bought it, call MS and they'll give you another product key.

daemon tools would have added another drive making that wpa crap activate. ring them and ask for another one.

I never had that problem but then again I'm using an OEM version that came w/ my notebook.

I just contacted Microsoft and they gave me a new product key, so I'm very happy that it was within 24 hours.

But 4play is right about the deamon-tools thing.

So there must be something new in d-tools they added that caused this (I was using a previous version before but it wouldn't mount the Office 2007-wink .bin image correctly).

The strange thing is I installed d-tools from a mirror they listed on their main site and it installed and prompted me to restart after it installed.

But now that I think about it, d-tools is nowhere to be found. It's not in program files or anywhere. I even did a windows search.



But alas, since I am going to do a hardware upgrade in the next few months, I might just use the *special xp* key until I do the hardware upgrade then use the key by MSDN.


That way they won't think I'm just selling keys or something.

wow that sucks,well take your anger out on microsoft and dl there problems and use cracks patches or watever to satisfy you :)