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An OEM is tied to the original hardware. Even though you didn't change the
hardware, the function you performed made it appear as such, this triggered
activation and because you are using an OEM disk, it also required a phone
call.
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"StrangertoTechnology" <StrangertoTechnology@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:A2C4FD50-A5FE-40DE-BA10-E1EC81FB98BD@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for that. I'm not sure I understand the bit:
>
>> The original key may have made it to the list of too many active copies
>> or
>> activations
>
> I did omit to mention however, that after the original message box telling
> me to re-activate, I tried on the internet and after entering my CD key, I
> got a message to the effect that I had exhausted all the activation
> attempts
> assigned to this key. It went on ," if you feel that this is an error,
> call
> the toll free number...". This is an OEM Win XP home SP2 which I bought
> for
> 70 quid from a reputable dealer, along with my motherboard, processor etc.
> I
> am a bit of a novice at XP, but I'm sure during installation, the key is
> checked to ensure it's not stolen or bogus. I wonder what will happen when
> I
> clone my hdd onto a bigger one (when the need arises of course!)
> Thanks again
>
>
>
>
> "Chuck" wrote:
>
>> One of the things that seems to stop this nonsense is a new CD key
>> (different than the activation key) that can be furnished via the phone
>> call
>> method.
>> The original key may have made it to the list of too many active copies
>> or
>> activations. (Even though there is only one system using the key.) In
>> some
>> instances, such as development and under other circumstances, a multiple
>> use
>> key may be furnished, although you will likely not be told that the key
>> is a
>> multiple use key.
>>
>> "Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23EAXlrX3EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:13:01 -0800, StrangertoTechnology wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> Last night, whislt trying to get my xp system to talk via a home
>> >> network
>> >> to
>> >> my win98se system (that's another tale altogether!), I ran msconfig
>> >> and
>> >> selected diagnostic startup, which I'm sure you all know is that only
>> >> the
>> >> essential processes run at startup, in case any of my MSI utilities
>> >> that
>> >> came
>> >> with the motherboard were interfering with my attempt to get the
>> >> machines
>> >> to
>> >> communicate. The result of selecting this option was that xp rebooted
>> >> to
>> >> allow these changes to take effect. Just as my welcome screen emerged,
>> >> I
>> >> was
>> >> greeted by a message box which said that too many components had
>> >> changed
>> >> and
>> >> I had to re-activate windows. T quickly ran msconfig, reset the start
>> >> up
>> >> options and rebooted, but the re-activation was flagged and so I
>> >> eventually
>> >> rang the toll free number to re-activate. Is this likely to happen
>> >> every
>> >> time
>> >> I run a selected startup, even although I have not changed any harware
>> >> at
>> >> all?
>> >> Many thanks
>> >
>> > Shouldn't happen every time.
>> >
>> > Similar situation: I have an ATI display adapter. One of their
>> > recommended
>> > methods for updating drivers is to revert to "SafeVGA" and then install
>> > the
>> > new drivers. I notice that every once in a while, those actions will
>> > trigger an activation prompt. Technically, these changes shouldn't
>> > trigger
>> > activation since the underlying hardware is the same but over time,
>> > they
>> > do.
>> >
>> > Usually activation goes through over the internet but I imagine that if
>> > ATI
>> > updated drivers enough times within the 120 day time period that a call
>> > might be required. While a call is more of an inconvenience than
>> > internet
>> > activation, I would not expect a problem in completing the task.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sharon F
>> > MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
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