Thanks Bob. But want Ghost and TruImage avoid that too? Isn't cloning a
drive just like taking it out of one computer and putting it into another?
All the files and programs that were already installed would still be there
right?

The big one that set me off was Tennebril's Ghostsurf. I installed the thing
3 times and got cut off. It does not matter now for this product, but alot
of companies seem to be going the activation route. I was thinking if I
cloned, I would not have to worry.

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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But, other software vendors "activate" upon
> each install, without really checking whether the PC is the same. They
> really are counting the number of installs. I believe that Symantec
> (Norton Antivirus) does this. I also had a similar issue with protected
> music downloaded via Napster (the legal one owned by Roxio).