Tarnishedwisdom
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Hi, my harddrive recently crashed on my ME laptop, and I am going to have to reformat and reinstall an OS. I have a desktop with XP, and I have the XP disk, but I dont have the ME disk. I am considering just installing XP instead of ME but I was recently told by a friend that Microsoft can see what all is installed on an XP computer when ever it is connected to the internet. For instance, they have the capability of knowing if I am even authorized to have XP on my computer, or if I installed it without buying it. Is this true, or is it just a myth? If so, do I need to be worried every time I get on the internet, for fear that I might get a fine in the mail from Microsoft? The other option is to reinstall Windows 98, which is in my opinion, better than ME. I already own a copy of both 98 and XP, just not ME (dont know why really). What do you recommend I do? 98 or XP?
thanks in advance...
thanks in advance...