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New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed?
New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed?
After antivurs installation, Windows made me "reactivate" when no hardware had changed. I reactivated in 3 seconds. But what is going on? I don't want this to "count against me" should I ever actually change hardware! The message said "hardware had changed significantly" which is bull. |
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New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed?
Pete wrote:
New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed? After antivurs installation, Windows made me "reactivate" when no hardware had changed. I reactivated in 3 seconds. But what is going on? I don't want this to "count against me" should I ever actually change hardware! I don't know what went wrong, but there's no need to be concerned about it counting against you. Nothing counts against you, and you can change hardware and reactivate as often as you want to. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed?
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Pete wrote: New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed? After antivurs installation, Windows made me "reactivate" when no hardware had changed. I reactivated in 3 seconds. But what is going on? I don't want this to "count against me" should I ever actually change hardware! I don't know what went wrong, but there's no need to be concerned about it counting against you. Nothing counts against you, and you can change hardware and reactivate as often as you want to. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I don't mean to question you, but I have read opinions that after a number of activations, they get very suspicious. Or is this only an urban legend?! I mean, do they keep track of the number of activations? I was able to reactive easily, but it gave me only 3 days. -Pete |
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New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed?
Pete wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Pete wrote: New Activation when NO HARDWARE has changed? After antivurs installation, Windows made me "reactivate" when no hardware had changed. I reactivated in 3 seconds. But what is going on? I don't want this to "count against me" should I ever actually change hardware! I don't know what went wrong, but there's no need to be concerned about it counting against you. Nothing counts against you, and you can change hardware and reactivate as often as you want to. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I don't mean to question you, Well you did, so you obviously meant to. ;-) But that's fine. Blindly taking anybody's word for something is never a good idea, and I'm not at all insulted. but I have read opinions that after a number of activations, they get very suspicious. Or is this only an urban legend?! It's mostly an urban legend. It *may* vary somewhat depending on who you get on the phone, but in my experience problems are very rare. And even if they question you, you are entirely within your rights, and you should have no problem if you just insist on your rights. Their suspicions (if they have them) don't matter. Worst case, if someone gives you a hard time (again, this is highly unlikely) just ask to speak to his supervisor. Don't ever let somebody browbeat you when you are not doing anything wrong. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup I mean, do they keep track of the number of activations? I was able to reactive easily, but it gave me only 3 days. -Pete |
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