In his blog, Scott Adams describes his exasperating experience following a change of motherboards. Central to the story is the fact that he has two phone numbers for Windows re-activation, both of which claim they are an official Microsoft call center and that the other is a scam. Neither are any help anyway. Seems to be a topical issue right now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 21 2014, @08:27AM
OMG, why try to install Windows on an innocent new mobo? Missed a golden opportunity to move to Linux, current warts and all, and bury the four flags logo OS. The install CDs make great coasters, and the best is it don't matter if they get scratched up.