Subj : Windows XP Product (re)activation
To   : All
From : Ross Cassell
Date : Wed Mar 12 2003 04:50 pm

Hello All!

Premise...

New Motherboard and cpu chip, same floppy, cdrom and hard drives, new video 
card. Since LAN and sound came built into new motherboard, one less PCI sound 
card and one less PCI LAN card.

A week later, I replace the CD-R/W burner with a faster model.

Yesterday, I replaced secondary hard drive that appeared to be on verge of 
failing (drive migrated from prior setup)...

After all of this hardware changing, I was not asked to "re-activate".

Today the internal ATAPI ZIP 750M drive came and I installed it, I disconnected 
the DVD reader as I dont and never used it. I have a playstation and a DVD 
player connected to the TV. I plan to get another CD-R/W and a separate ATA 
controller to replace that anyway.

After this I was asked to reactivate.. I did so with 3 or 4 mouse clicks, w/o 
having to pick up the phone..

Now when you consider that the only remaining hardware left over from my 
original setup is the primary hard drive, floppy drive, keyboard and mouse, I 
cant say that the notion of re-activation is all that revolting when you 
consider all that I changed compared to the screams of conspiracy I have heard 
over this activation stuff.

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