What triggers a demand to re-activate XP?

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Bert Hyman

Doing some ordinary maintenance on my system yesterday, I deleted my NIC
from the device manager and rebooted so it would be found again and get
re-installed.

On reboot, XP said that due to major changes in my system's config, I was
going to have to re-activate Windows.

Now, I've done this before with no such effect, so what gives this time?
 
Contact Microsoft directly and ask them:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&c1=509&gprid=3221

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Carey Frisch
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| Doing some ordinary maintenance on my system yesterday, I deleted my NIC
| from the device manager and rebooted so it would be found again and get
| re-installed.
|
| On reboot, XP said that due to major changes in my system's config, I was
| going to have to re-activate Windows.
|
| Now, I've done this before with no such effect, so what gives this time?
|
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| Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
 
In news:#[email protected] "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
Contact Microsoft directly and ask them:
Click to expand...

Ummm... What's the "V" in MVP stand for anyway?

[By the way, your news client appears to be busted since it placed the entire
content of my post ->after your signature]
 
Microsoft programs and runs the activation servers.
My newsreader is fine as I custom format replies.

How long did it take to reactivate....10 seconds or less?

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Ummm... What's the "V" in MVP stand for anyway?
|
| [By the way, your news client appears to be busted since it placed the entire
| content of my post ->after your signature]
|
| --
| Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
 
Bert Hyman said:
Doing some ordinary maintenance on my system yesterday, I deleted my NIC
from the device manager and rebooted so it would be found again and get
re-installed.

On reboot, XP said that due to major changes in my system's config, I was
going to have to re-activate Windows.

Now, I've done this before with no such effect, so what gives this time?
Click to expand...


It is the *cumulative* total of changes in the hardware components
monitored by the Activation process that triggers the need to
reactivate Windows.

Did your maintenance include replacing the NIC with a different one?
That could have been the "straw that broke the camels back" in terms
of triggering the reactivation process.

See the artical on activation in Windows XP by the late Alex Nichol
MVP at http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

Good luck


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

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
Bert Hyman said:
In news:#[email protected] "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
Contact Microsoft directly and ask them:
Click to expand...

Ummm... What's the "V" in MVP stand for anyway?

[By the way, your news client appears to be busted since it placed the
entire
content of my post ->after your signature]
Click to expand...

Bert,

The MVP designation is part of a Microsoft recognition award for a "Most
Valuable Professional" see

Also Carey's newsreader is fine - the default settings on Outlook Express
are to effectively "top post" (with the original post appearing after the
signature)

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Regards,

Mike
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Bert Hyman said:
In news:#[email protected] "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
Contact Microsoft directly and ask them:
Click to expand...

Ummm... What's the "V" in MVP stand for anyway?

[By the way, your news client appears to be busted since it placed the
entire
content of my post ->after your signature]
Click to expand...
 
(e-mail address removed) (Ron Martell) wrote in
It is the *cumulative* total of changes in the hardware components
monitored by the Activation process that triggers the need to
reactivate Windows.

Did your maintenance include replacing the NIC with a different
one? That could have been the "straw that broke the camels back" in
terms of triggering the reactivation process.
Click to expand...

No changes to the hardware at all.

I simply deleted the NIC in device manager and rebooted to force a
"re-install".
See the artical on activation in Windows XP by the late Alex Nichol
MVP at http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
Click to expand...

Thanks.
 
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