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Originally Posted by acollet
Personally, I have uninstalled MS Reader due to my fustrations with MS pathetic activation policy. For someone who changes devices as soon as they come out, I got fedup with having to almost hire a lawyer to beg MS for another activation as I hit my limit. Now I will only use eReader. Anyone else have this fustratoin w/ MS Activation ?
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I hit my limit and was denied activation with a Dell Axim X50v. I posted a message to Microsoft on the Activation web page a week ago requesting additional activations (and giving the information outlined below), but I initially received an automated denial, followed by radio silence from Microsoft after I appealed the denial.
Microsoft's activation limitation is absurd for several reasons.
First, in order to download ebooks for use on a Pocket PC, it is necessary first to activate a PC, resulting in the using up of multiple activations. Second, technology changes rapidly. I doubt many readers of this forum are using the same Pocket PC they used two years ago. Third, Pocket PCs sometimes break down and are replaced rather than repaired.
Each of these reasons apply to my personal experience. I used up my quota of 6 activations as follows:
(1) my laptop at the time that Microsoft reader was first introduced (necessary to download ebooks to my first Pocket PC); (2) an IPAQ 3650 which I no longer own; (3) an Axim X5 which a friend dropped and which has a broken screen; (4) a replacement reconditioned Axim X5, in which I subsequently manged to destroy the CF slot by trying to insert a CF card too fast; (5) a newer laptop which is my primary computer; (6) a second replacement reconditioned Axim X5, which was my primary Pocket PC until I ordered the Axim X50v; and (7) my X50v, as to which activation was denied.
If Microsoft wants me to continue using broken devices or older technology to read Microsoft ebooks, that, of course, is their perogative. Of course, I can choose never to order an ebook in Microsoft format again, which is exactly what I plan to do.