asked to reactivate AGAIN...

[Guest]

g'day and hny to all from oz...

i'm a generally satisfied xp pro (sp2, fully uptodate) user at home.

however, a number of times lately, i've been prompted to reactivate windows
because it's 'changed' significantly since the original install.

the latest reactivation (today) sent a message that the product had been
reactivated too many times and needed the product key reentered.

i have no problem going through this but is this continual reactivation
reasonable (every two or three months it seems to occur)?

thanks in advance!

cw
utc+8

 

[Heirloom]

Are you making frequent or major hardware changes to your computer??
Heirloom, old and could explain it

 

[Guest]

negative...

last hardware change was to add a wireless modem card months ago.

i should add that i use norton's av 2006 and sygate's freeware firewall -
both have been on the machine for some time while the latest reactivate
request came up today. i use the same firewall and av software on another
(newer) machine at home as well, which has no similar reactiation issues.

cw

 

[Heirloom]

That is strange..........looks like we need one of the 'gurus' on this.
Post back with the resolution when you find it, I am very curious about the
cause.
Heirloom, old and not a clue