Re: XP Home and activation question

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:35:52 +0100

"Tony Sz." <IRONMAIDENstryker-1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:WOedneCaJ87mM8HcRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>I believe I may have found my reason for Windows XP Home now asking me to
> reactivate after about 7 months since the intial activation.
>
> When I want to encode movies for DVD use I usually shut down my onboard
> NIC
> in the BIOS and enable my RAID controller for my biggest drive. Then, once
> I'm done doing all that mularky I reenable the NIC and disable the RAID
> controller for all my usual/basic computing/surfing/emailing. Would this
> be
> why Windows now asks for reactivation? TIA.

Tony,

It sounds like you have general hardware issues - why do you need to
shutdown the NIC to enable the RAID controller? 

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"Tony Sz." <IRONMAIDENstryker-1@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:WOedneCaJ87mM8HcRVn-vA@comcast.com...
>I believe I may have found my reason for Windows XP Home now asking me to
> reactivate after about 7 months since the intial activation.
>
> When I want to encode movies for DVD use I usually shut down my onboard 
> NIC
> in the BIOS and enable my RAID controller for my biggest drive. Then, once
> I'm done doing all that mularky I reenable the NIC and disable the RAID
> controller for all my usual/basic computing/surfing/emailing. Would this 
> be
> why Windows now asks for reactivation? TIA.
> ---
> Tony
>
>