system builder problems?!

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Being a company system builder, i am often taking
components out of my computer for temporary reasons. For
example : my comp has 512 ddr ram, but i have used 256mb
in a comp at work, and it will stay there till the
company pays me (or until i buy myself another ram chip).
I get the impression (being new to XP) that i have to
reactivate XP if i re-install more ram in my comp. Is this
true? If this is so,how many times can i do this? Because
i change my hardware an awful lot, can i give my original
disk number and private address details etc, to microsoft
and forego the reactivation problems? Also i have a laptop
with Xp home ed., plus i bought XP home ed. form my home
comp. One has the service pack 1 on (the other doesn't),
can i use same disk for both comp's? or is this illegal? i
would be grateful if someone can give me a complete
rundown on what i can, and can't do! many thanks all. H0bo1
 
H0bo1 said:
Being a company system builder, i am often taking
components out of my computer for temporary reasons. For
example : my comp has 512 ddr ram, but i have used 256mb
in a comp at work, and it will stay there till the
company pays me (or until i buy myself another ram chip).
I get the impression (being new to XP) that i have to
reactivate XP if i re-install more ram in my comp. Is this
true? If this is so,how many times can i do this? Because
i change my hardware an awful lot, can i give my original
disk number and private address details etc, to microsoft
and forego the reactivation problems? Also i have a laptop
with Xp home ed., plus i bought XP home ed. form my home
comp. One has the service pack 1 on (the other doesn't),
can i use same disk for both comp's? or is this illegal? i
would be grateful if someone can give me a complete
rundown on what i can, and can't do! many thanks all. H0bo1
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I don't think adding or removing RAM will trigger a reactivation. Very
slight chance if any. You would need to change two or more major
hardware items, such as CPU & video card would most likely trigger it.
It's not an exact science. I swapped out a MB and didn't have to
reactivate. Others have.

I doubt MS will accept your info on a permanent basis. You could be
installing XP on different computers as far as they know.

I'm pretty sure you'll need to get the SP1 from a download or CD from
MS. The CD with sp1 already in just means the files are already updated
on install. I don't believe (I haven't seen one) they just put the
original build on the CD and throw in the SP1 to install afterwards.

Terry
 
I get the impression (being new to XP) that i have to
reactivate XP if i re-install more ram in my comp. Is this
true?
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No. You have to reactivate only if you make a substantial number
of hardware changes.

If this is so,how many times can i do this?
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You can make as many hardware changes as you want to and
reactivate as often as you need to.

Because
i change my hardware an awful lot, can i give my original
disk number and private address details etc, to microsoft
and forego the reactivation problems?
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No. However reactivation is not a problem. Worst case, if you
can't do it over the internet (usually you can) it's a quick easy
call to an 800 number.

Also i have a laptop
with Xp home ed., plus i bought XP home ed. form my home
comp. One has the service pack 1 on (the other doesn't),
can i use same disk for both comp's? or is this illegal?
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The same SP1 disk? Yes, no problem.
 
F1Com said:
I don't think adding or removing RAM will trigger a reactivation. Very
slight chance if any. You would need to change two or more major
hardware items, such as CPU & video card would most likely trigger it.
It's not an exact science. I swapped out a MB and didn't have to
reactivate. Others have.
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It only would if you had used up all the lives on other things. Read up
in detail at www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
 
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