I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
mentality of things?

On Jun 19, 8:05*pm, Boothe <Boo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?

Every hardware change will "increase" a counter. Once the counter
reaches the limit, the Activation request will come back.

Hell, I once got an activation request for just updating my video card
drivers.

smlunatick wrote:
> On Jun 19, 8:05 pm, Boothe <Boo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
>> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
>> mentality of things?
>
> Every hardware change will "increase" a counter. Once the counter
> reaches the limit, the Activation request will come back.
>
> Hell, I once got an activation request for just updating my video card
> drivers.

I got four after changing a NIC, one for each of the subsequent reboots.
All of them went through but it was one of the many reasons I've gone to
Linux. When you're having problems with hardware, the last thing you
want to do is deal with that nonsense.

Alias

Boothe wrote:
> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?

There is a list of criteria here.

http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

The WPA system checks ten categories of hardware:

1. Display Adapter
2. SCSI Adapter
3. IDE Adapter (effectively the motherboard)
4. Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address
5. RAM Amount Range (i.e., 0-64mb, 64-128mb, etc.)
6. Processor Type
7. Processor Serial Number <--- not available (only existed in P3 days)
8. Hard Drive Device
9. Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN)
10. CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM

(Processor Serial Number from P3 era.)
http://support.intel.com/support/pro.../CS-007579.htm

Paul

Boothe wrote:
> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation?

No. At least, not by itself.

Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?

Eh?

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

No, adding just the new memory bank is not in itself a justification for
re-activation. It is surely a mistake. Now what sort of message did you
get? Can you print-scrn it and post it somewhere online so that you can be
given a correct or workable solution.



"Boothe" wrote:

> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?

"Boothe" wrote:

> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?

It can, if you've made other recent hardware changes as well. Go ahead and
reactivate, it'll work just fine. If it doesn't, call the phone number
provided and activate that way. Not a big deal as long as you have a
legitimate licence.

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:05:01 -0700, Boothe
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I added memory


How much did you have? How much did you add? Why did you add it?


> Is this enough to warrent a new activation?


No, not by itself.


> Can this be a
> mistake IE Virus


It's highly unlikely that it's a virus.


> or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the Bic
> mentality of things?


? "Disposable system"? "Bic mentality"? Sorry, I don't understand what
you are asking here.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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What're you doing here if you went to Linux? Miss good ole Windows??????
"Alias" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> smlunatick wrote:
>> On Jun 19, 8:05 pm, Boothe <Boo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
>>> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the
>>> Bic
>>> mentality of things?
>>
>> Every hardware change will "increase" a counter. Once the counter
>> reaches the limit, the Activation request will come back.
>>
>> Hell, I once got an activation request for just updating my video card
>> drivers.
>
> I got four after changing a NIC, one for each of the subsequent reboots.
> All of them went through but it was one of the many reasons I've gone to
> Linux. When you're having problems with hardware, the last thing you want
> to do is deal with that nonsense.
>
> Alias

Are you absolutely sure it's a mistake???
"ANONYMOUS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> No, adding just the new memory bank is not in itself a justification for
> re-activation. It is surely a mistake. Now what sort of message did you
> get? Can you print-scrn it and post it somewhere online so that you can
> be
> given a correct or workable solution.
>
>
>
> "Boothe" wrote:
>
>> I added memory Is this enough to warrent a new activation? Can this be a
>> mistake IE Virus or did Microsoft create a disposable system as in the
>> Bic
>> mentality of things?