I've encountered this re-activation pop-up upon a video driver install. It
very easy to re-activate.

On 07/12/2005 "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote:
>Nope. I've replaced or added video cards, sound cards,
>NIC cards, USB cards and devices and never was prompted
>to reactivate.
>
>Perhaps you should contact the manufacturer of your
>computer and ask them how their customized OEM
>version of XP reacts when adding or changing hardware.
>

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