Re:Vista is good. But there's a bigger problem. (Score 2, Interesting)

Try this one. For several years I've used winxp and changed hardware and so forth and had no need to revalidate until two weeks ago. This is all on the same computer. Now I've had some problems and needed to reinstall. Three times and every time I not only need to validate it over and over but I must talk to the nice MS agent and beg him to OK my install. First it tells me I've installed the OS "TOO MANY TIMES" Then it tells me I've installed on another computer. Nothing they say applies to my situation, and they tell me they know my prod code is good. They don't know why it rejects me. They give me new install id and tell me they can't help me. If I need to reinstall I will have to do this again. That's just good ole MS, isn't it? I already have ubuntu 8.10 installed.