Re: activation
From: David (carpooldummy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/12/03
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:57:53 -0700
"Jim Fisher" <jim.fisher@ecenterusa.com> wrote in news:1ad801c3788c
$810e79f0$a601280a@phx.gbl:
> Some guys at work and I are having a discussion on XP
> activation.
>
> As XP has a 10 point system to determine when reactivation
> is needed, does this imply that XP has to communicate
> periodically with Microsoft? I recall reading that XP
> needed to contact microsoft on the web every 30 days or
> so, but it seems that the determination for reactivation
> could be made internally by xp without need to communicate
> with microsoft.
>
> Are there requirements in XP to contact Microsoft and if
> so, what are they?
No. XP stores the hash of the devices checked in a file on your hard
drive. Each time it boots, it checks the hash against a hash created be
checking the devices again. If the hashes match, everything is golden. If
they don't, then it needs to re-activate.
David
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