27 October 2006
Microsoft Clarifies Vista Activations
Microsoft has clarified Windows Vista's activations after a lot of different ideas of what the system will be like.
According to a spokesman in the Licensing Department of Microsoft, Vista will not require reactivation unless the hard drive or other pieces of hardware are changed. When talking about the hardware they mention major changes like motherboards needing reactivation, but not CPUs, memory, or graphics cards. Those who do swap hard drives or motherboards can do so up to 10 times before having to contact Microsoft directly to activate the system at Microsoft's discretion. It is advised that people who will change their system a lot keep an image of their system without any drivers to make it easier to change components and machines.
According to a spokesman in the Licensing Department of Microsoft, Vista will not require reactivation unless the hard drive or other pieces of hardware are changed. When talking about the hardware they mention major changes like motherboards needing reactivation, but not CPUs, memory, or graphics cards. Those who do swap hard drives or motherboards can do so up to 10 times before having to contact Microsoft directly to activate the system at Microsoft's discretion. It is advised that people who will change their system a lot keep an image of their system without any drivers to make it easier to change components and machines.
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