Archive for February, 2005
Read those EULAs
I don’t have much sympathy for people who scroll to the bottom of an End User License Agreement (EULA) and click “OK” just to get on with it. I do have some because it is a legal document and people do tend to glaze over when reading those. But, if you have installed the Microsoft [...]
Microsoft to Modify Windows XP Product-Activation Policy
Microsoft Watch alerts us that Microsoft to Modify Windows XP Product-Activation Policy Product activation, which Microsoft first introduced with Windows XP in 2001, is Microsoft’s way of requiring new Windows users to authenticate their copies of Windows. Microsoft has required users not covered by volume-license agreements to register their XP copies via the Internet or [...]
Virus arrives in e-mail allegedly sent by FBI
The FBI is warning the public about malicious e-mails designed to appear as if they were generated by the law enforcement agency, CNET News.com reports. Here is the actual warning from the FBI’s web site: Washington, D.C. – The FBI today warned the public to avoid falling victim to an on-going mass e-mail scheme wherein [...]
