[RedBloodedAmerican]

I run Win2k Pro and Win2k Advanced Server. I can do anything with this.

Did you ever purchase a car? Register it? Add mods to it? Change the wheels? Stereo? Did you always have to go to the Manufacturer? No, and neither do I with MS OS'.

So, you will never own a car, and always rent, eh? ;)

[Britton J Wingfield]

Do you need authorization from the auto maker to add a new stereo? My car doesn't have a checksum that will disable the vehicle if I change the tires on it. Then again, neither does the corporate XP that followed me home one day.

[B Knotts]

No, and neither do I with MS OS'.

As the AT&T ads used to say:

You will.

It's true you don't need to do that with Windows 2000. But, it's also true that when you upgrade to XP (and upgrade you will, eventually, because Windows 2000 will eventually get EOLd), you will have to endure this product activation garbage.

This version of XP doesn't put activation into the version sold to corporate customers, but I have a very strong feeling that will change in the future.

[isthisnickcool]

I run Win2k Pro and Win2k Advanced Server. I can do anything with this.

Think you could run this site on it?