Shrapnel wrote:
>
> I once put a hard disc from a P3-800Mhz into a Twin P4 Xeon with
> different... Well... Everything.
>
> XP just plugged and played and did not ask for re-activation.
>
> tbh, I was not aware such a feature was in XP at all, and being in the
> industry I might have heard.

Like Andi said, it's there, my guess is that you're using a "volume
license" and those doesn't require activation at all for very good
reasons, but it's there in the OEM, Retail and Upgrade packages


Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..."

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