Re: switching WinXP licenses on two PCs

[rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Mike!

I'm just in the planning stages now, but I'm keeping this thread.

I'll report my results when i actually get around to making my move.

Rick

On 10/13/05, Michael Jacobsen <MJacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> This thread has gotten me interested in the Windows Activation process.  I
> was reading on Microsoft's website that they added this in SP1: for a
> significant hardware change there is "an additional three-day grace period
> to re-activate." That means Doug would be correct in the case of a
> hardware change.   So if you swapped the hard drives, you now know how
> long you have to activate it.  :)
>
> Mike
>
>
> > > How much of a grace period does ms give you when they detect a
> > > processor change? is it immediate?
> > >
> >
> > On my last occurence, it was 3 days. But it wasn't the first time for
> that
> >
> > Doug
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