Multiple Activations

[Mike]

I had to reinstall Vista. I already had
it activated. Now that I reinstalled it,
will the second activation fail ?

When I had Win XP, I had to call India.
and read them a bunch of numbers, and I
had to explain just what the heck I was
up to, in order to cause the activation to
fail.

Does Vista behave the same way ?
I installed it the first time less than
a month ago. Does the length of time
between installs have anything to do
with a failed activation ? I have the
exact same hardware for the second
install.

Please help me to understand about
the restrictions of Vista activation.

Thanks
Mike

 

[Richard Urban]

Will the 2nd activation fail? You don't know until you try.

If it fails - call to activate.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[Conor]

I had to reinstall Vista. I already had
it activated. Now that I reinstalled it,
will the second activation fail ?

Not unless the hardware has changed.

When I had Win XP, I had to call India.
and read them a bunch of numbers, and I
had to explain just what the heck I was
up to, in order to cause the activation to
fail.

Does Vista behave the same way ?

Yes if the hardware has changed.

I installed it the first time less than
a month ago. Does the length of time
between installs have anything to do
with a failed activation ?

No.