XP Activation

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Geoff

I just changed my CD burner for a DVD burner and Windows needs to
re-activate! That seems very childish (or perhaps churlish) or unnecessary?
 
Geoff said:
I just changed my CD burner for a DVD burner and Windows needs to
re-activate! That seems very childish (or perhaps churlish) or
unnecessary?
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You may want to read up on the process here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php
( Might want to get the tool to see what 'vote' changed:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/xpinfo-exe.zip )

Truthfully - I cannot see that changing *just* the CD drive would have
triggered anything all alone - was *anything* else changed recently?
Network device, motherboard, processor, memory, etc?

More detailed information:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/fully-licensed-wpa.txt

Did you then have some sort of problem activating over the Internet?
 
Hi Shenan

Put a network card in a few weeks ago - didn't ask to reactivate.

This time just removed CD burner and replaced with DVD burner - that is all.
:-(

Stranger than fiction eh?

No problem reactivating via the net - just seemed a "trivial" activation for
a DVD burner!
 
The network card has a unique physical address.

try
ipconfig -all
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Every hardware change is counted. Several hardware components are
more important than others. A network adapter is more important than
an optical drive. Once the hardware change counter reaches a
determined limit, you will be requested to re-activate, which is 95%
"painless."

I even had to re-activate on a "measly" video card driver install.
 
Geoff said:
I just changed my CD burner for a DVD burner and Windows needs to
re-activate! That seems very childish (or perhaps churlish) or
unnecessary?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
You may want to read up on the process here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php
( Might want to get the tool to see what 'vote' changed:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/xpinfo-exe.zip )

Truthfully - I cannot see that changing *just* the CD drive would
have triggered anything all alone - was *anything* else changed
recently? Network device, motherboard, processor, memory, etc?

More detailed information:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/fully-licensed-wpa.txt

Did you then have some sort of problem activating over the Internet?
Click to expand...
Hi Shenan

Put a network card in a few weeks ago - didn't ask to reactivate.

This time just removed CD burner and replaced with DVD burner -
that is all. :-(

Stranger than fiction eh?

No problem reactivating via the net - just seemed a "trivial"
activation for a DVD burner!
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Actually - no - not since you have now said you changed the network card.

That's why I gave you the material to look over and asked you about other
hardware changes.

Please read the material at this link:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php
(Same link as given before...)

As you can see, the Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address count for a
total of three of the ten needed total votes. The CD/DVD drive - for one.
You changed four of the ten votes when you changed out the network card and
then changed out the DVD drive. 6 out of 10 votes the same is not
'passing' - so you needed to activate. If you had changed any other single
device in the computer other than the network card originally - you probably
would have been fine - but the network card is a big change.
 
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