Will removing a graphics card affect XP activation?

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My motherboard has two PCI-E slots and I've been utilizing both with
two graphics card (same spec), but now I want to remove one of the
cards and not use only one and not replace it with anything (just
removal), will it affect XP OEM activation? Will I be required to
activate again by phoning MS?

[Shenan Stanley]

wrote:
> My motherboard has two PCI-E slots and I've been utilizing both with
> two graphics card (same spec), but now I want to remove one of the
> cards and not use only one and not replace it with anything (just
> removal), will it affect XP OEM activation? Will I be required to
> activate again by phoning MS?

Maybe...
Probably not, however.

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[WB]

> wrote in message
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> My motherboard has two PCI-E slots and I've been utilizing both with
> two graphics card (same spec), but now I want to remove one of the
> cards and not use only one and not replace it with anything (just
> removal), will it affect XP OEM activation? Will I be required to
> activate again by phoning MS?
>

According to this FAQ, No
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_faq.mspx
scroll 2/3 down the page and look for "Can hardware components be changed
and upgraded?"
Removal of a piece of hardware is considered as a "change" by the way.
One hardware change = 1 vote
3 votes and you're out

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Please drive safely

[Yves Leclerc]

It will affect activation if:

1) A lot of old video card drives updates were done previously.

2) "Other" internal hardware additions/removals are done before.

There is a "counter" for hardware changes and if any hardware change (driver
or physically adding/removing hardware) pushes it "pass the limit" then you
loose the activation. It happened to me this past Sunday.



On 27/09/2006 "Shenan Stanley" > wrote:
wrote:
>> My motherboard has two PCI-E slots and I've been utilizing both with
>> two graphics card (same spec), but now I want to remove one of the
>> cards and not use only one and not replace it with anything (just
>> removal), will it affect XP OEM activation? Will I be required to
>> activate again by phoning MS?
>
>Maybe...
>Probably not, however.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

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[Rock]

> wrote

> My motherboard has two PCI-E slots and I've been utilizing both with
> two graphics card (same spec), but now I want to remove one of the
> cards and not use only one and not replace it with anything (just
> removal), will it affect XP OEM activation? Will I be required to
> activate again by phoning MS?

See this article on activation by the late Alex Nichol, MVP
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

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Rock [ MVP User/Shell]