Windows Activation and Restore Point

[DSG]

Windows Product Activation and Restore Point

I've read Microsoft's material on this subject as well as Alex Nichol,
MS-MVP but didn't see my question addressed.

What happens with the original Windows Product Activation information on my
computer if I have to use a Restore Point beyond where the WPA occurred?

I know that the check of the hardware is done by my copy of Windows, itself,
at boot and I know that I have only used 80 of my allowable 120 days since
the original activation. Yet, what happens with the activation record
because of the Restore Point?
dsg

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

As far as I know, System Restore does not touch the Windows Product
Activation information.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/

 

[DSG]

Thanks, Bert, for your response. And for listing your own System Restore
pages. This is a comprehensive seminar on what to do and how to do it, and
why or why not. I mainly look for "things I should take care of before
following a seemingly simple procedure" which doesn't always turn out to be
quite so simple. What you don't know *can* hurt you/your computer.

I've found valuable information I haven't found elsewhere: for instance,
the answer to my original question in your paragraphs "What's Restored and
What's Not" on your Tips & Fixes page.

WPA settings (Windows authentication information is not restored)



And your pages have pointed me to the System Events Viewer, and I can see
the problems that are occurring for which I will be using System Restore, as
soon as I find out the first occurrence.



Thank you!
dsg
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[Bert Kinney]

Hi DSG,

You're welcome. I am glad you have found this site useful.

You are correct, "what you don't know *can* hurt". That's what makes
these newsgroups of valuable, simply ask before blindly making changes
or deleting things. <g>