How many hardware changes are allowed?

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How many hardware changes are allowed?

I backup and restore my computer a lot using Norton ghost 2002. It
really handy.

Each time I restore, whether I am restoring windows 98se or windows
xp. I have a dual boot system. Xp detects that a new hard drive
being installed each time I restore from backup. Which I am not,.
I don't want to have to call ms several times.

I do plan on adding hardware soon as well. I maybe getting
Internet service from Comcast.

My memory and modem needs may need to be replaced soon.


Greg
 
How many hardware changes are allowed?
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There are no restrictions at all. You may make as many hardware
changes as you want and as often as you want. Worst case, you may have
to reactivate some of the time.


I backup and restore my computer a lot using Norton ghost 2002. It
really handy.

Each time I restore, whether I am restoring windows 98se or windows
xp. I have a dual boot system. Xp detects that a new hard drive
being installed each time I restore from backup. Which I am not,.
I don't want to have to call ms several times.

I do plan on adding hardware soon as well. I maybe getting
Internet service from Comcast.

My memory and modem needs may need to be replaced soon.
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As I said, worst case, you may have to reactivate some of the time.
That will happen if there are enough changes within a period of 120
days. And worst case, if you do have to reactivate, you may have to do
it by a quick and easy voice telephone call.

There is no issue here that you should worry about.
 
Greg said:
How many hardware changes are allowed?

I backup and restore my computer a lot using Norton ghost 2002. It
really handy.

Each time I restore, whether I am restoring windows 98se or windows
xp. I have a dual boot system. Xp detects that a new hard drive
being installed each time I restore from backup. Which I am not,.
I don't want to have to call ms several times.

I do plan on adding hardware soon as well. I maybe getting
Internet service from Comcast.

My memory and modem needs may need to be replaced soon.


Greg
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You likely have an older SATA driver in the restore image. As soon as you
boot it up a newer version is downloaded. That would be a hardware change
that may necessitate a phone call.

Other drivers may cause the same condition.

It is best to image the system partition "after" you have the finalized
drivers installed. Then you will not see this problem.
 
Greg said:
How many hardware changes are allowed?

I backup and restore my computer a lot using Norton ghost 2002. It
really handy.

Each time I restore, whether I am restoring windows 98se or windows
xp. I have a dual boot system. Xp detects that a new hard drive
being installed each time I restore from backup. Which I am not,.
I don't want to have to call ms several times.

I do plan on adding hardware soon as well. I maybe getting
Internet service from Comcast.

My memory and modem needs may need to be replaced soon.


Greg
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There is a list of aspects here.

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

"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
8. Hard Drive Device
9. Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN)
10. CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM "

My guess is, your Volume ID is changing on restoration.

When I want to put back an original VolumeID, I use this.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897436.aspx

The Hard Drive Device is probably a serial number on the drive
itself. But if you're restoring to the same physical drive each time,
then that aspect should not be detected as a change.

To list the original VolumeIDs, I relied on Everest for that.
The info is probably listed somewhere else, but I didn't spend
any time looking for it. (Under Storage:Logical Drives)

http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Paul
 
Greg said:
How many hardware changes are allowed?

I backup and restore my computer a lot using Norton ghost 2002. It
really handy.

Each time I restore, whether I am restoring windows 98se or windows
xp. I have a dual boot system. Xp detects that a new hard drive
being installed each time I restore from backup. Which I am not,.
I don't want to have to call ms several times.

I do plan on adding hardware soon as well. I maybe getting
Internet service from Comcast.

My memory and modem needs may need to be replaced soon.
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The hard drive installed is different to the one when your backup image was
made. You can change the primary hard drive as many times as you like. It
only counts as one change as far as reactivation is concerned.
 
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