In news:e$xLo4CoKHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Daave <daave@example.com> typed:
> This most likely occurred because the last time you installed it was
> less than 120 days ago.
>
> Pro tip: The need to reinstall an operating system is very small as
> long as you create an image of the hard drive (after activation, of
> course).
And a newbie knows what a disk image is, how to create one, and what's
needed to create one. In the few instances where I do manual installs, I
take images at various stages, many of them BEFORE activation. e.g. Raw
windows, .nets added, SP's a/r, fully updated, updated & full installed,
etc.. Makes for easy troubleshooting steps later if something glitches &
makes sure no malware of any kind exists in it. Then I toss 'em on a few
DVDs and forget about them. Turned out real handy the time it turned out I
had malware for a long time and it never showed itself or caused anything
bad until a certain date. Many images were screwed up; used one of the
interims to get restarted again.
>
>
> Kim wrote:
>> I had to reinstall XP yesterday and was asked to reactivate and
>> there`s been no hardware changes to this machine.
>>
>>
>> "Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>> newsVO0lm4nKHA.5524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> In news:unlp1%23pnKHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
>>> Don Phillipson <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> typed:
>>>> Am planning to pep up antique Compaq Presario 7000
>>>> (WinXP Pro SP3) with:
>>>> 1. New DVD drive (replacing OEM)
>>>> 2. Extra RAM
>>>> 3. USB v.2 card to replace Bluetooth (unused)
>>>> 4. Adding a second hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> Is this likely to trigger an OS demand for reactivation?
>>>
>>> Maybe ... maybe not. Depends. But who cares as long as it's not a
>>> pirated copy?
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Twayne