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To help me plan ahead I will be grateful if you will tell me whether
either repair or reinstallation in the same box (but perhaps on a different
drive) of XP x64 will require reactivation.

Yes. Reactivation will be required.

This will probably be simple - just activate online - unless the
hardware is seen as significantly different. Just changing the disk on
which the OS is installed is unlikely to cause problems, but a repair
install or re-installation may switch the system back to basic Microsoft
drivers from the chipset manufacturer's, which is seen as a significant
hardware change.

If it is more than 120 days since last activation, online activation
will probably be automatic, whatever hardware the OS is reinstalled on.


On 21/07/2009 22:48, wrote:
> To help me plan ahead I will be grateful if you will tell me whether
> either repair or reinstallation in the same box (but perhaps on a different
> drive) of XP x64 will require reactivation.
>
>
>

I general, I agree - but I've seen instances when a repair ought to have
triggered a re-activation (new motherboard!) and didn't. But it is quite
trivial unless you happen to not have an internet account, or you want to
install pirated software. 'Activation' is NOT 'Registration'. You just click
a button to satisfy the robots!


Tony. . .



"Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes. Reactivation will be required.
>
> This will probably be simple - just activate online - unless the hardware
> is seen as significantly different. Just changing the disk on which the OS
> is installed is unlikely to cause problems, but a repair install or
> re-installation may switch the system back to basic Microsoft drivers from
> the chipset manufacturer's, which is seen as a significant hardware
> change.
>
> If it is more than 120 days since last activation, online activation will
> probably be automatic, whatever hardware the OS is reinstalled on.
>
>
> On 21/07/2009 22:48, wrote:
>> To help me plan ahead I will be grateful if you will tell me whether
>> either repair or reinstallation in the same box (but perhaps on a
>> different
>> drive) of XP x64 will require reactivation.
>>
>>
>>

Correct. And even if you have significantly different hardware, if you
haven't activated recently, you will go through automatically.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"tsperling" <> wrote in message
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>I general, I agree - but I've seen instances when a repair ought to have
>triggered a re-activation (new motherboard!) and didn't. But it is quite
>trivial unless you happen to not have an internet account, or you want to
>install pirated software. 'Activation' is NOT 'Registration'. You just
>click a button to satisfy the robots!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Yes. Reactivation will be required.
>>
>> This will probably be simple - just activate online - unless the hardware
>> is seen as significantly different. Just changing the disk on which the
>> OS is installed is unlikely to cause problems, but a repair install or
>> re-installation may switch the system back to basic Microsoft drivers
>> from the chipset manufacturer's, which is seen as a significant hardware
>> change.
>>
>> If it is more than 120 days since last activation, online activation will
>> probably be automatic, whatever hardware the OS is reinstalled on.
>>
>>
>> On 21/07/2009 22:48, wrote:
>>> To help me plan ahead I will be grateful if you will tell me whether
>>> either repair or reinstallation in the same box (but perhaps on a
>>> different
>>> drive) of XP x64 will require reactivation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>