Re: XP & Hardware upgrades

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 01/03/03


From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:48:01 -0700

Greetings --

    These should answer your questions:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

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"mike" <mline@lycos.com> wrote in message 
news:032501c2b32a$8b2d8610$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
> I have heard that after a number of hardware changes XP
> will be required to contact microsoft to register these
> changes.  Does this mean I must have an internet
> connection?  Does the machine stop functioning until this
> process has happened?  Can this process be worked around?
>
> thanks for advice in advance.
>
> mike 


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