I agree with you rj this is a big disappointment to the people who Genuinely purchase the license.
I have seen a lot of people who purchased a genuine license and
Microsoft blacklisted it.
Now, the real big thing that irritates me is, the way Microsoft offers support to it's customers.
The only reason I would purchase a license is peace of mind that am not doing anything wrong and a smooth experience.
But, Microsoft doesn't guarantee it. That's something not DONE!!!!
Here is an example, a user is asked to understand all sorts of technical stuff that are more than enough to crack
windows 7.
Purchasing a license or Cracking an OS, the process is just same, eventually.
Dell OEM Window 7 install suddenly became "not genuine."
Would like to point out that Microsoft blacklist a key when they discover it over the internet.
Plus Each RETAIL key comes with singal activation so if you try to install the same key on different computers or change your hardware that is considered as new activation
And Windows 7 is almost similar to windows Vista on the issue of the activation mechanism the only difference is that of Vista uses SLIC 2.0 while windows 7 uses SLIC 2.1