What does a computer case have to do with
product activation....absolutely nothing!
It's external to the internal hardware and has
no hardware identification number that
the operating system can identify!

Windows Vista Activation FAQ
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/activationfaq.mspx[/url]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message news:uCOvlwB1IHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
> Moving your internal hardware to a different computer
> case will not affect your Windows Vista activation status
> in the least bit.
>[/color]


Should not, you cannot say "Will Not" when simply turning off the PC can
trigger it. It has happened at least twice to me for no reason at all,
just because you have not seen it does not mean it doesn't happen. If
the OP just happens to plug a drive into a different connector then who
knows? I am not being confrontational, but there have been numerous
errors in the activation model and it still isn't right, it has been
relaxed I think because people complain.