"Mandatory Managed Copy"

[thunderhawk]

Anyone know anything different in the specs that might require this?

An internet connection and some software...

I believe Windows sends specific data from your computer, information about your hardware setup with serials and build numbers and stuff like that to Microsoft. That's why I think you can reïnstall Windows on your current machine as many times as you want, but not on another computer (if it has an internet connection). I believe you can also run Windows on another computer too without too much problems. But you would get into trouble when M$ notices two computers with the same Windows wanting to get updated from different machines.
I think it's pretty easy to get Windows working with all patches and fixes, just bring it all on the computer using discs and keep the internet out of your business...
MMC I believe is just worse then DVD protection. DVD protection doesn't allow you to make a copy at home. You'll have to bypass the copy protection first, and that's illegal, normally you can't do this without the proper tools. MMC might let you make one copy, or it may just be thougher protection... Does anyone know the details about this protection scheme?