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Goy Larsen wrote:
> 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 > > "When two or more people are gathered together in my name, > they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..." > > --Our Lord John Cleese-- Actually it's NOT in the "retail" versions. The OEM versions allow (supposedly) 6 "hardware changes." Now, these are typically sound card, video card, hard drive, etc. changes, but can be anything that doesn't checksum the same as it was when XP was installed. The Retail versions (full and upgrade) don't have this limitation. Microsoft was ensuring that their OEM's wouldn't install the same copy of XP on different machines - since XP WILL activate more than once (I think 3 is the limit before you have to phone MS). Gunner |
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"Don \"Gunner\" Hancock" > wrote in
: > Actually it's NOT in the "retail" versions. The OEM versions allow > (supposedly) 6 "hardware changes." Now, these are typically sound card, > video card, hard drive, etc. changes, but can be anything that doesn't > checksum the same as it was when XP was installed. The Retail versions > (full and upgrade) don't have this limitation. Microsoft was ensuring > that their OEM's wouldn't install the same copy of XP on different > machines - since XP WILL activate more than once (I think 3 is the limit > before you have to phone MS). > > Gunner > Well my retail install bitched when I replaced the motherboard and cpu. I had to call up some hindu and explain that the harddrive was still there, the ram was the same but the cpu, mb and ...oh yeah...the new video card were the only changes. Got a new number. I'm leaning towards a ram increase soon. Probably have to do it all over again. dave henrie |
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Don \"Gunner\" Hancock wrote: > > Actually it's NOT in the "retail" versions. <snip> Hmm, I could have sworn it was in the retail versions as well, but since I deal with OEM versions 99% of the time and seem to be developing an "Alzheimer's Light" I'm not going to insist on it Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "When two or more people are gathered together in my name, they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..." --Our Lord John Cleese-- |
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LOL no you wont... heheheh
> I'm leaning towards a ram increase soon. Probably have to do it all > over again. > > dave henrie |
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If the 40 euros stops ya, I like my 6600gt enough. similiar speeds as my
older ti4600 ill admit, but with more turned on, and dx8&9, so it is not all bad. If Id had the 400 bucks I would love to have bought the 6800gt, but my god man, my motherboard-ram-cpu was only about 450... Praxiteles Democritus enlightened us with: > On 6 Sep 2005 12:14:35 -0700, "Bob" > wrote: > >> For that price (or maybe a touch more), I really like my 6800GT. ATI >> has a comparable card (X800XL). > > Both those cards cost more than 200 euros I believe. They are about > $300.00 USD which is 241.666 EUR. But I agree, he should fork out the > extra money and go for either 6800GT or X800XL. |
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I just upgraded to 2GB. I really just wanted to get faster modules (showing
a 1000MB/Sec memory performance increase between the consumer-grade PNY I had, and the Crucial Ballistix's I installed) so I decided to go from 1GB to 2GB in the process. I can tell the difference, but it's not earth-shattering. -Larry "PlowBoy" > wrote in message news:2CYVe.25356$hp.16717@lakeread08... > LOL no you wont... heheheh > >> I'm leaning towards a ram increase soon. Probably have to do it all >> over again. >> >> dave henrie > > |
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