babu walad wrote:
--- James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
Sunny wrote:
On 9/14/05, Carl Hartung <suselinux@cehartung.com> wrote:
tech support forum, either. When I read his post I concluded that his was an XP problem: the hardware profile will no longer match the signature that is embedded in XP if he just backs everything up, replaces the *system* drive and restores from the backup. XP will think it's been pirated. He's better XP allows 3 minor changes before it requires reactivation, and I had luck with replacing a hard drive.
Apparently, adding memory is not considered a minor change. A while ago, I added some memory to a friend's notebook. That was enough to require reactivation.
I added memory on two occassions to my dual boot pc and xp did not require any reaction whatsoever. Perhaps something else got changed for you?
Other than PCMCIA or USB devices, there have been no other changes whatsoever. If they incluce PCMCIA and USB devices, that system is badly flawed.