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replacing hardware reactivation of Win XP
it I took out the network card added a TV tuner and a USB wireless network adapter. In the last 3 months I have but in a DVD burner, replacing a CD burner, and I have added 512MB of ram. I have a newer video card I would like to try. Will changing the card trigger reactivation? Is the number of hardware changes kept track of from day one? Or after so much time has passed are we allowed to make more hardware changes? If I try this newer video card and have to reactivate XP and the new card does not work to my liking and I replace it with the old video card will I have to go through reactivation again? My copy of Win XP is a legal copy and came with the new machine. -- Rob -- Rob Do what you want to do and do not worry about it. I doubt you will have to
reactivate but if you do you should be able to do it online and it would take less than a minute. It is really no hassle at all. The data base at Microsoft that tracks the serials resets each one after about three months. It would be very rare for a person to have to call Micro$oft to reactivate. Joe Show quoteHide quote "Rob" <NOSPAMrwhitney@stellarnet.com> wrote in message news:110nt1d6hi0vc42@corp.supernews.com... >I have a Dell computer that is 2 years old running Win XP. When I first >got > it I took out the network card added a TV tuner and a USB wireless network > adapter. In the last 3 months I have but in a DVD burner, replacing a CD > burner, and I have added 512MB of ram. I have a newer video card I would > like to try. > Will changing the card trigger reactivation? Is the number of hardware > changes kept track of from day one? Or after so much time has passed are > we > allowed to make more hardware changes? If I try this newer video card and > have to reactivate XP and the new card does not work to my liking and I > replace it with the old video card will I have to go through reactivation > again? > > My copy of Win XP is a legal copy and came with the new machine. > > > -- > Rob > > > > -- > Rob > > "Joe" <notgi***@bogus.com> wrote in message I had to and they gave me the third degree about the hardware changes.news:s4UOd.5199$M95.4799@fe06.lga... > Do what you want to do and do not worry about it. I doubt you will have to > reactivate but if you do you should be able to do it online and it would > take less than a minute. It is really no hassle at all. The data base at > Microsoft that tracks the serials resets each one after about three > months. It would be very rare for a person to have to call Micro$oft to > reactivate. In fact all I had done was swap the primary/secondary roles of my CD drive and DVD burner so I could flash the firmware. Show quoteHide quote > Joe > > "Rob" <NOSPAMrwhitney@stellarnet.com> wrote in message > news:110nt1d6hi0vc42@corp.supernews.com... >>I have a Dell computer that is 2 years old running Win XP. When I first >>got >> it I took out the network card added a TV tuner and a USB wireless >> network >> adapter. In the last 3 months I have but in a DVD burner, replacing a >> CD >> burner, and I have added 512MB of ram. I have a newer video card I would >> like to try. >> Will changing the card trigger reactivation? Is the number of hardware >> changes kept track of from day one? Or after so much time has passed are >> we >> allowed to make more hardware changes? If I try this newer video card >> and >> have to reactivate XP and the new card does not work to my liking and I >> replace it with the old video card will I have to go through reactivation >> again? >> >> My copy of Win XP is a legal copy and came with the new machine. >> >> >> -- >> Rob >> >> >> >> -- >> Rob >> >> > > In message <420c38d***@news.iprimus.com.au> "Gilgamesh"
<gilgamesh@spam.me.not.com> wrote: >I had to and they gave me the third degree about the hardware changes. In my experience it all comes down to how you deal with them. If you>In fact all I had done was swap the primary/secondary roles of my CD drive >and DVD burner so I could flash the firmware. phone and grumble, or go on the offensive right away, you'll get questions. If, on the other hand, if you're a friendly but slightly bored computer tech, "Hey how's it going? Great... Just replaced a failed NIC for Mr Johnson and wanted to get him up and running" they usually activate without any hassle. -- Failure is not an option. It's bundled with your software. 
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