product activation anomaly

From: William Owens (billo123_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:00:21 -0700

 Windows XP pro installed 9 moths ago, SP2 added
approximately 1 month ago.
 Anyway I turned on my computer to night and it said my
hardware configuration had changed significantly and I
have 3 days to activate windows. What? I haven't changed
any hardware. What the hell? Anyway I am worried my
computer will shut me out in 3 days. Anybody got any
ideas? Also this copy of XP pro is OEM so microsoft won't
support it. Well they should because the OEM has nothing
to do with a software error that thinks I have changed my
hardware. Microsoft should hav a better way to report
bugs and also to the support the victims of such.
 Regards

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