i had to reactivate vista...
 

Got a message earlier saying i've had to many hardware changes and i need to activate again :shocked:

Wander if its because i was playing around with a USB free view tuner earlier and knocked the optical drives out (had to change a registry key then remove/re-add them in device manager to get them to show again)

I'm evaluating vista using my technet sub so it activated fine again (but probably knocked one of my activations off that i'm allowed :rolleyes:)

have made a few hardware changes but nothing major

(added a 2nd sata controller and another HDD and possibly shifted existing drives around to different ports but that was weeks ago)

Re: i had to reactivate vista...
 

I've heard in some situations Vista can be a bit "picky" Would be a bit of a nightmare for me as im always trying out different RAM,CPU's etc.

Does the reactivation happen online or a phonecall to MS Support?

Re: i had to reactivate vista...
 

mine did it online but as i said i'm evaluating vista from my technet sub which means i have a key that will activate 10 pcs

i have no way of telling whether it counted it as another system (in which case it would knock one off the counter) or not.

Re: i had to reactivate vista...
 

i installed to extra sticks of ram and had to phone up to reactivate, the online activation said it was installed on multiple machines which was rubbish.

Re: i had to reactivate vista...
 

No surprise there - M$ started heading that way with XP. Have to ask permission when you upgrade your own purchase ?!? It will be pay-per-view Windows sooner than you think