It's 2013, and Windows Activation Is Still Frustrating

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There's little that's more frustrating than being a legal customer and getting screwed over by the company you're supporting. If there's a perfect example of this, it's with Microsoft's OS and its millions of customers that have had to ring its tech support lines for activation help. Recently, a Techgage writer got bit by an issue with Windows 8 (http://techgage.com/news/not-like-a-fine-wine-windows-activation-still-a-piece-of-junk-after-all-these-years/) — caused by Microsoft itself — and wasn't even able to call to fix it. Microsoft has two problems to solve here: it needs online chat support (like most large companies in 2013) and itdefinitely needs an activation system that doesn't make things difficult for its legal customers on a too-regular basis."

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/05/07/1220208/its-2013-and-windows-activation-is-still-frustrating