i have a legal XP pro and therefore obviously a legal key.

can i use that key on Devilsown so as not to need activation, i change and test new devices on a regular basis and believe that i can only change a certain number of devices before i need to reactivate?

apologies if this is not a correct question for this forum, if so will the mods please delete or move this post

thanks

tony

If you have a legal pro version and a legal key and you use it in the Devil's own i am pretty sure it isnt going to work, devils own is a corp version, no need for activation, but it needs a corp keey to remain that way. If your version of pro that you have is corp and you have a corp key then it would work; but why would you install Devils Own if you have a "real. valid" corp version?

No, your "pro" key will only work on a professional version. The other one you mention is a "corporate" version requireing a corp key.

If your hardware configuration changes significantly it will want to be re-activated but if your only testing you wouldn't need to re-activate it because you still get the 30 day grace period. If your going to keep those changes then yes, you will have to re-activate, most likely by phone because you have already activated your system with another configuration.
Dave

I don't see why you would want to install DO also - DO is not final, it is a beta version of pro with stuff added on the aftermarket - So there for is garbage compaired to a legal version of pro.



Last edited by Leech at Jul 25 2002, 11:56 AM

@Leech where the ***** do you get that from?, oh yeah your Boss Mr. Bill Gates



Last edited by pc_techie at Jul 25 2002, 12:42 PM

thanks all for that, thats about what i thought, did not know about the 30 day thing and new hardware

i honestly do not understand the differences between, pro, corp etc.

my legal version was bought from a computer shop, pro???

is corp one where a company insalls the same disc on many computers and pays a licence fee for each install?

It basically comes with what I have had in differences between the two - Right now I am running Windows XP MSDN Pro and not had one prob with it. With DO I had nothing but errors, lockups, warnings, and files can not be found - There for leading me to believe that it is not final but is in fact a beta copy. :D

Tony, yes you are correct.
The "corp" os for corporate use, where we use 1 CD to install on X numbers of computers, using 1 key.

We are charged for the number of reported licences used, and since some of the computers are strictly used in an offline environment
they become activated by the files on the CD and the key used.
No need to call MS, or go online.

@Leech
Then I guess *you* had a bad copy of DO, probably burnt at >4x known to cause those probs.
I and many others, have compared DO with the legit corp ( VLK ), and we find 0 ( zero ) differences
in files, dates, CRC, hash, MD5... whatever :)
And I know it has been used in some companys, when they did not find the legit CD, so they used DO and the legit key.

That very well could be except for I don't burn at 4X .. Anyway - The one I have now works perfect.

I read that you can make all the changes you want, just keep a copy of WPA.DBL and always overwrite the new one with the original after each hardware change - that is the file that MS reads to determine activation or re-activation

My advice is to read the post of AngelDeath regarding the Devils Own, MSDN version, what is the Real Corp. version, the comparisons of each version in full details.

h++p://board.iexbeta.com/ibf/index.php?s=2f87327507535be6ed55a3623a7a5b2b&act=S T&f=22&t=196



Last edited by ecperez at Jul 26 2002, 05:18 PM

@Leech :
Read my reply once more, and notice the ">" ...
Meaning I believe you burnt it at a higher speed than 4x :)

@ecperez :
AngelDeath, a long time friend of mine and others here, did I great job.
And every *evidence* he shows, I have duplicated in my own test's :)
So far, NO one has come up with hard facts, proving us wrong.

btw: this thread is getting off track ;)

@tony adams The best source I know on exactly how hardware changes, disk formats, wpa.dbl and so on impact on WPA is at \http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

Leech, your first reply is kind of retarted. Think about what you said!

Oh great, not this old debate again!!! Let's end this. Let Leech believe what he wants. I know several people who have personally verified AngelDeath's findings and found them to be completely accurate. Until Leech or someone else provides definitive and VERIFIABLE evidence to the contrary, I believe DO is a true and final corp. and not a beta.

:)



Last edited by MinnesotaKid at Jul 30 2002, 06:52 AM

Just for the record, there was a DO RC(2?) release circa August '01 and then a final release circa October '01. Not that it matters.

what is a setupreg.hiv?

peace

bearcat is right, people underestimate the amount of copies of DO that have proliferated around the GLOBE. if it was anything but real TOO MANY PEOPLE would have been complaining!

DO is FINAL PRO CORP (MSDN) version

*topic closed*

peace out

Since Tony Adams seems to have gotten his answer, and the thread seems to "wander off"
in an unwanted direction, I will just close it for now.


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