"Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
news:OlPDKP90IHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Colin Barnhorst wrote:[color=green]
>> Why in the world would he have any need to reactivate? He is just
>> changing the case for heaven's sake. You don't really think he will have
>> to upgrade his case driver do you? :)
>>[/color]
>
>
> Yes, I have had to reactivate Vista at least twice simply because
> Microsoft said so, all I did ws turn the machine off and back on again, so
> do not ridicule the OP for what is a MICROSOFT PROBLEM.
>
> You cannot run a business by continually calling legitimate purchasers
> thieves and liars... Microsoft have officially called me a thief on a
> number of occasions, I know I am not and it does not bother me, but many
> people it does bother and frankly if Ballmer chose to do that in person he
> might well regret doing so.
>
> The OP is right to ask, it is a legitimate question because the smallest
> change in configuration used to trigger it. Lucky you if you have not
> experienced it.[/color]

Personally, i bought an OEM copy of Vista and after installing it on one pc,
upgraded to a quad-core pc with only one hard drive moving over (now D:),
re-installed Vista and didn't do anything different from the first time i
installed it. I've since added more drives, changed graphics cards,
upgraded BIOS, changed this and that and Vista has never once said anything
about hainv to reactivate anything.

Although i have to ask how a piece of plastic that is only connected to the
actual pc by 4 screws would ever trigger anything. Unless the pc has motion
sensors?