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Hi I understand that there are only a certain number of changes that can be made to a PC before reactivation is required. Since having a number of hardware failures I have run the XPInfo.exe tool and find that all the items mentioned are ticked with the exception of the following: Processor Serial Number and SCSI Host Adaptor are "greyed out" and the MAC Address is not ticked. What is the significance of these greyed out and unticked items? Eric |
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EGA <EGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi > >I understand that there are only a certain number of changes that can be >made to a PC before reactivation is required. > >Since having a number of hardware failures I have run the XPInfo.exe tool >and find that all the items mentioned are ticked with the exception of the >following: > >Processor Serial Number and SCSI Host Adaptor are "greyed out" and the MAC >Address is not ticked. > >What is the significance of these greyed out and unticked items? > >Eric > Items that are shown in gray are not present. The absence of a check mark on an item that is shown in normal font indicates that the item has been changed since the last time Windows was activated. It therefore appears that: 1. Your computer's CPU does not use the serial number feature or that access to it has been disabled in the computer's BIOS setup.or motherboard jumper settings. 2. Your computer does not have a SCSI host adapter installed. 3. You have replaced the Network adapter or at least changed the MAC address that it uses since the computer was activated. Note that the MAC address is given 3 times the significance of the other monitored items when determining if a reactivation will be required. So if you change 3 more of the monitored items you can expect to be prompted to reactivate your Windows. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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Hi Ron Thanks for the information. I had a Mobo failure and it has an onboard Network Card. This was replaced under warranty so that accounts for the unticked item. I thought I needed seven of the items to be ticked and as that is all I have, I expected to have to reactivate should any other failures of the monitored items occur. Are you saying that because I am only being monitored for eight of the ten items I am able to change three of them without causing a reactivation? Thanks Eric -- EricG "Ron Martell" wrote: > EGA <EGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Hi > > > >I understand that there are only a certain number of changes that can be > >made to a PC before reactivation is required. > > > >Since having a number of hardware failures I have run the XPInfo.exe tool > >and find that all the items mentioned are ticked with the exception of the > >following: > > > >Processor Serial Number and SCSI Host Adaptor are "greyed out" and the MAC > >Address is not ticked. > > > >What is the significance of these greyed out and unticked items? > > > >Eric > > > > > Items that are shown in gray are not present. > > The absence of a check mark on an item that is shown in normal font > indicates that the item has been changed since the last time Windows > was activated. > > It therefore appears that: > 1. Your computer's CPU does not use the serial number feature or that > access to it has been disabled in the computer's BIOS setup.or > motherboard jumper settings. > 2. Your computer does not have a SCSI host adapter installed. > 3. You have replaced the Network adapter or at least changed the MAC > address that it uses since the computer was activated. > > Note that the MAC address is given 3 times the significance of the > other monitored items when determining if a reactivation will be > required. So if you change 3 more of the monitored items you can > expect to be prompted to reactivate your Windows. > > Good luck > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada > -- > microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) > On-Line Help computer Service > http://onlinehelp.bc.ca > > "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference > has never been in bed with a mosquito." > |
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EGA <EGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi Ron > >Thanks for the information. I had a Mobo failure and it has an onboard >Network Card. This was replaced under warranty so that accounts for the >unticked item. > >I thought I needed seven of the items to be ticked and as that is all I >have, I expected to have to reactivate should any other failures of the >monitored items occur. Are you saying that because I am only being monitored >for eight of the ten items I am able to change three of them without causing >a reactivation? > >Thanks >Eric You are being monitored for all 10. If an item is absent it counts as being not changed. Changing the network card MAC address counts as 3 changes. See the article by the late Alex Nichol MVP at http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm for a detailed explanation of how activation works. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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