Subj : WINDOWS XP
To   : Malcolm Miles
From : Bob Bainbridge
Date : Thu Jul 12 2001 02:08 pm

 MM> It only requires re-activation if you make a 
 MM> "significant" change to your hardware, like a 
 MM> motherboard. Changing a video card should not trigger a 
 MM> re-activation.

I installed Win2k last April, 2000 and replaced one motherboard because of a 
failure and then installed a third one to upgrade to dual Pentium III's. If I 
had to go through Microsoft toget a new activation code everytime I would have 
scrapped the whole OS long ago. I think this activation code thing will bite 
them just like the old copy protection schemes back in the floppy days. It's 
just not worth the hassle.

Bob Bainbridge <Team OS/2>
bob_bainbridge@prodigy.net

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