Re: UnActivate windows? How if possible to do this


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Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
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Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

Maybe you should ask your hacker friend to fix this
up. In general you can re-activate a Windows installation
any number of times, provided that it runs more or less
on the same hardware as the first time. If the hardware is
different then you need a new licence. If the hardware is
the same then you should ring Microsoft and explain your
problem.
Are you saying one cannot upgrade one's hardware without buying a new
license and, if so, WHY!?

I just changed the mother board, RAM, video card, NIC and audio card on
one computer and changed the motherboard, audio card and video card on
another. Both activated and passed WGA no problem. One has a Spanish
generic OEM XP HOME on it and the other has an English generic OEM Pro
on it.

Alias

Microsoft use some algorithm that calculates a hardware
signature. My understanding is that small variations in this
signature are OK but large ones are not. I do not know what
"small" or "large" means in this context. Yours was obviously
considered "small".



Um, according to MS, one can upgrade *any* hardware and if it were to
exceed the ten points, one has to phone the activation. I exceeded the
ten points and then some but the last time I activated was way over 120
days, another "algorithm". MS does NOT say that if you upgrade or
replace defective hardware, that you need to buy another license like
you say in your post.

From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=302878

What are the 10 hardware characteristics that are used to determine the
hardware hash?

The following 10 hardware characteristics are used to determine the
hardware hash:
? Display adapter
? SCSI adapter
? IDE adapter
? Network adapter media access control address
? RAM amount range (for example, 0-64MB or 64-128MB)
? Processor type
? Processor serial number
? Hard disk device
? Hard disk volume serial number
? CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive

Alias

You obviously know much more about the subject than I do.


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