It sounds like the people you bought this used computer from are the booby trappers. The ONLY thing I've had to do with MS software is to type in an install key, then activate it. This has been the case with Windows and Office in many dozens (if not hundreds) of cases. Your Internet Service Provider, your bank, financial services, and other software may ask you these other questions, but they aren't Microsoft. Bear in mind that I know MS does a lot of really dumb things (just look at Windows 8!), but they aren't the ones asking you the things you mentioned.
I have, recently, purchased a used computer, which is loadedd with a booby-trap laiden copy, of Windows 7.
Windows calls these booby-traps "Security Verification", but I call them blackmail.
I have purchased, and own, my computer, yet I cannot access 95% of my machine, until I contact Microsoft, and BEG them, to "un-lock" the machine, which I own.
And NO, my serial number, model number, date of birth, social security number, parents names, place of birth, and so on, are NOT needed, to address this question.
I just want to know WHY it is legal for Microsoft to booby-trap its products, in order to black mail customers into contacting the company, and BEGGING to use what a person already owns?
What is the point in "buying" a product, which is booby-trapped, by the manufacturer?
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