I am a serial reinstaller. Mainly because I test a lot of beta software. I'm constantly experiencing file corruptions and the like. I totally agree that activations should be done the correct way but I am on dial up which is painfully slow at the best of times. M$ can be a little bit too curious and because I can't be bothered giving them my blood type, dna sample and family tree, I do it my way. It's ok, my XP Pro is Kosher.