Activation

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Hi

I understand that there are only a certain number of changes that can be
made to a PC before reactivation is required.

Since having a number of hardware failures I have run the XPInfo.exe tool
and find that all the items mentioned are ticked with the exception of the
following:

Processor Serial Number and SCSI Host Adaptor are "greyed out" and the MAC
Address is not ticked.

What is the significance of these greyed out and unticked items?

Eric
 
EGA said:
Hi

I understand that there are only a certain number of changes that can be
made to a PC before reactivation is required.

Since having a number of hardware failures I have run the XPInfo.exe tool
and find that all the items mentioned are ticked with the exception of the
following:

Processor Serial Number and SCSI Host Adaptor are "greyed out" and the MAC
Address is not ticked.

What is the significance of these greyed out and unticked items?

Eric
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Items that are shown in gray are not present.

The absence of a check mark on an item that is shown in normal font
indicates that the item has been changed since the last time Windows
was activated.

It therefore appears that:
1. Your computer's CPU does not use the serial number feature or that
access to it has been disabled in the computer's BIOS setup.or
motherboard jumper settings.
2. Your computer does not have a SCSI host adapter installed.
3. You have replaced the Network adapter or at least changed the MAC
address that it uses since the computer was activated.

Note that the MAC address is given 3 times the significance of the
other monitored items when determining if a reactivation will be
required. So if you change 3 more of the monitored items you can
expect to be prompted to reactivate your Windows.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Hi Ron

Thanks for the information. I had a Mobo failure and it has an onboard
Network Card. This was replaced under warranty so that accounts for the
unticked item.

I thought I needed seven of the items to be ticked and as that is all I
have, I expected to have to reactivate should any other failures of the
monitored items occur. Are you saying that because I am only being monitored
for eight of the ten items I am able to change three of them without causing
a reactivation?

Thanks
Eric
 
EGA said:
Hi Ron

Thanks for the information. I had a Mobo failure and it has an onboard
Network Card. This was replaced under warranty so that accounts for the
unticked item.

I thought I needed seven of the items to be ticked and as that is all I
have, I expected to have to reactivate should any other failures of the
monitored items occur. Are you saying that because I am only being monitored
for eight of the ten items I am able to change three of them without causing
a reactivation?

Thanks
Eric
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You are being monitored for all 10. If an item is absent it counts as
being not changed.

Changing the network card MAC address counts as 3 changes.

See the article by the late Alex Nichol MVP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm for a detailed explanation of how
activation works.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
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