WinXP Reactivation WTF

[GT98]

Well I've been having problems with my Enermax 350W PS I had in my primary rig since I got my Dell 2000FP, when it was driven by my R9700. I ordered a new PS from Newegg and it came in today, an Allied 450W job. Well I put it in, restarted my PC, then all of a sudden I get a notification that I need to reactivate my copy of XP! What the hell is the deal? Does a new power supply normally do this? Just thought it was werid...its not like a swapped out a bunch of compents over the past 3-6 months

[Byock]

Now that is totally messed up, I was under the impression that would only happen with a new Motherboard or other MAJOR upgrade.

Thanks BILL!!

[The PIT]

I don't think theres anyway it can detect a different power supply. Sounds like XP has screwed up.

[Technoid]

It' happens just by sneezing at the OS!

[Kruzin]

I recently had XP insist on re-activating, when all I did was REMOVE one NIC...

[ayoub_ibrahim]

man, that Byock sure looks fit!
does he never stop for a rest?

[Byock]

It is hard work crossing the street. Plus running from Zokes and his BBQ sauce.

[leech]

Originally posted by ayoub_ibrahim
man, that Byock sure looks fit!
does he never stop for a rest?

Nope, he's always trying to cross that proverbial road.

Odd, I've never had to re-activate my linux box whenever I change hardware

Leech

[Guru]

Odd, I've never had to re-activate my linux box whenever I change hardware

So you mean a compleat format and reinstalation is quicker?

[Helevitia]

Or do what I do. Buy a LEGAL copy of WinXP and use the RTM version that does not require activation

Dave

[leech]

Originally posted by Guru
So you mean a compleat format and reinstalation is quicker?

Been quite a long time since I've had to do a complete format and re-installation. You'd make a better point if you could spell, Guru

Leech

P.S. For the record, I've HAD to wipe my windows drive more often than I've absolutely HAD to wipe my linux drive. Windows TWICE has corrupted the entire filesystem. This was using Fat32, I finally switched over to using NTFS, then after trying that for awhile, and not being able to write to it in linux, I decided to try Partition Magic to switch it to Fat32, but then it kept complaining that I needed to run scandisk /f or whatever it is. Ran that, and still, same problem. God, windows is a piece of crap.

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by leech
God, windows is a piece of crap. [/B]

It's all relative. I feel the same way about Linux. I know "Expert" level Linux users that still struggle to solve problems on a daily basis with simple stuff like sound cards.

Dave

[albatorsk]

Seriously, that's bullshit, and you know it. I've had to struggle with network cards and TV-cards in Windows, and that's with drivers supplied on the CD from the manufacturer. Yet, the hardware worked just fine in Linux with 3rd party drivers. What does that say? That Windows is inferior to Linux? What? No, ofcourse it doesn't.

[rugger]

Sigh,

Windows AND linux are good, in their own places of course. And generally you can even make them do each other's jobs.

However, linux was never for the faint of heart, or for the dumb either. (So dumb people with heart problems should stick with windows )

In linux, if you configure stuff right, it "just" works. Thing is, you have to know just "how" to configure stuff right. It often isn't easy, and it may actually require the user to read a manual, or something equally hard.

In windows, if you install drivers, you simply have to pray the drivers find your hardware and they wern't writting by kindergarden programmers. (See creative, and ATI drivers as examples)

With linux, if your system breaks, you can always enter runlevel 1 and fix it, since there isn't any magical registry and everything is nicely in its proper place. It requires quite a bit of knowledge to do this though.

With windows, if your system breaks, you have to pray that the automated tools work for you to fix it. They ussually do, so it isn't a real big problem anyway. If the tools fail, then you are ussually stuck. You can fix some problems using the CD console mode too. (like if you disable RPC service, like I occasionally used to do)

With linux, you have to sell your soul to the GPL gods, otherwise people think your strange.

With windows, you have to give your chequebook to microsoft.

[Jammrock]

Originally posted by Helevitia
Or do what I do. Buy a LEGAL copy of WinXP and use the RTM version that does not require activation

Dave

BINGO!!!! That's what I did.

Jammrock