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Vista Security - Is it like XP???

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plazma   08-05-2007 at 09:44:38 PM

I was just curious... is Vista doing the same crap like XP did... when you put a new video card or whatever in and it sees it as a different computer, that it locks up and makes you call Microsoft to unlock it for you

Just curious if Vista does that at all... i hope it doesnt.. not sure if microsoft disabled that after the fact on XP or what....

Thanks for any info

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Zoron   08-07-2007 at 01:21:22 AM
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MS product activation is here to stay. It should take a lot more than a simple video card change for it to ask for reactivation though... usually bugs you only if you change the motherboard. However, if you change enough of the other components, that will trigger it as well.

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plazma   08-07-2007 at 02:30:38 AM
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Thanks.. wasnt sure.. i guess thats why i liked the corp edition of XP cause you could do anything to it and it wouldnt flinch at all. Too bad they dont make a version of Vista like that, not that i know of :)

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Zoron   08-08-2007 at 09:48:57 AM
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I'm sure MS does have a volume license edition of Vista... just no one's been able to crack it yet the way XP was cracked.

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