g'day and hny to all from oz...

i'm a generally satisfied xp pro (sp2, fully uptodate) user at home.

however, a number of times lately, i've been prompted to reactivate windows
because it's 'changed' significantly since the original install.

the latest reactivation (today) sent a message that the product had been
reactivated too many times and needed the product key reentered.

i have no problem going through this but is this continual reactivation
reasonable (every two or three months it seems to occur)?

thanks in advance!

cw
utc+8

Are you making frequent or major hardware changes to your computer??
Heirloom, old and could explain it


"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> g'day and hny to all from oz...
>
> i'm a generally satisfied xp pro (sp2, fully uptodate) user at home.
>
> however, a number of times lately, i've been prompted to reactivate
> windows
> because it's 'changed' significantly since the original install.
>
> the latest reactivation (today) sent a message that the product had been
> reactivated too many times and needed the product key reentered.
>
> i have no problem going through this but is this continual reactivation
> reasonable (every two or three months it seems to occur)?
>
> thanks in advance!
>
> cw
> utc+8

negative...

last hardware change was to add a wireless modem card months ago.

i should add that i use norton's av 2006 and sygate's freeware firewall -
both have been on the machine for some time while the latest reactivate
request came up today. i use the same firewall and av software on another
(newer) machine at home as well, which has no similar reactiation issues.

cw

"Heirloom" wrote:

> Are you making frequent or major hardware changes to your computer??
> Heirloom, old and could explain it
>
>
> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsED1F1B9-AEE1-461F-A7F5-CD1FCA414DF9@microsoft.com...
> > g'day and hny to all from oz...
> >
> > i'm a generally satisfied xp pro (sp2, fully uptodate) user at home.
> >
> > however, a number of times lately, i've been prompted to reactivate
> > windows
> > because it's 'changed' significantly since the original install.
> >
> > the latest reactivation (today) sent a message that the product had been
> > reactivated too many times and needed the product key reentered.
> >
> > i have no problem going through this but is this continual reactivation
> > reasonable (every two or three months it seems to occur)?
> >
> > thanks in advance!
> >
> > cw
> > utc+8
>
>
>

That is strange..........looks like we need one of the 'gurus' on this.
Post back with the resolution when you find it, I am very curious about the
cause.
Heirloom, old and not a clue

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94E61E8F-7CB5-4481-9AE1-F5FA5B299976@microsoft.com...
> negative...
>
> last hardware change was to add a wireless modem card months ago.
>
> i should add that i use norton's av 2006 and sygate's freeware firewall -
> both have been on the machine for some time while the latest reactivate
> request came up today. i use the same firewall and av software on another
> (newer) machine at home as well, which has no similar reactiation issues.
>
> cw
>
> "Heirloom" wrote:
>
>> Are you making frequent or major hardware changes to your computer??
>> Heirloom, old and could explain it
>>
>>
>> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsED1F1B9-AEE1-461F-A7F5-CD1FCA414DF9@microsoft.com...
>> > g'day and hny to all from oz...
>> >
>> > i'm a generally satisfied xp pro (sp2, fully uptodate) user at home.
>> >
>> > however, a number of times lately, i've been prompted to reactivate
>> > windows
>> > because it's 'changed' significantly since the original install.
>> >
>> > the latest reactivation (today) sent a message that the product had
>> > been
>> > reactivated too many times and needed the product key reentered.
>> >
>> > i have no problem going through this but is this continual reactivation
>> > reasonable (every two or three months it seems to occur)?
>> >
>> > thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > cw
>> > utc+8
>>
>>
>>