Product Activation and Motherboard Serial Numbers

you can install and activate now and everyday between now
and May if you want. It will only activate on-line once
every 120 days. after that you have to call to activate.








>-----Original Message-----
>I'm planning to update my PC's motherboard in June or so,
>but I hear that WinXP logs your motherboard's serial
number
>when you install it as part of Microsoft's 'software
piracy
>protection'. I understand their need for that, but I'm a
>private consumer and I don't have money to willy-nilly
blow
>on OS's. I just purchased my copy of Win XP and am yet
to
>install it.
>
>According to most every license agreement ever written, a
>license is for one system, not one COMPONENT in a system.
>
>So, obviously, it would be easier to just wait until June
>to update my system. However...
>
>1) Since Microsoft is switching to this online activation
>bit, should I activate my copy ASAP to prevent a
potential
>duplicate copy problem?
>
>2) IF I update now, will I be able to keep using this
>particular copy of the OS when I upgrade my motherboard?
>
>I need to know because I have a lot of work to do to my
PC
>before I update the OS (such as ditching a problematic
>harddrive).
>
>Thanks everyone.
>
>-Lazar
>.
>