Apologies for quoting the Inquirer again so quickly but I coulnd't let this pass. A cash point in Tbilisi, Georgia crashed because Windows had not been activated.

There's actually all kinds of rather scarey thoughts that occur. The first is that I'm not sure about the whole security thing running a cashpoint with Windows. I hope that they have at least turned wireless and File and Printer sharing off.

The other is that the corporate version of Windows XP Pro does not need activation, which rather begs the questions what version this is. Home? Or maybe Media Center to play some funny videos while the account details are being checked?

Or even worse, Clippy might come back as a financial salesman. "It looks like you're making a withdrawl, do you want to extend your mortgage?"