windows xp sp2... grrrrr

kof2000 · 01-23-2007, 06:29 PM

all i did was unplug my external dvd burner and put it into this new rig and then after i restarted... its telling me to activate again because of major/significant hardware change wtf lol

so you're telling me that if i plug in a usb thumb drive it will do that too?

tlarkin · 01-23-2007, 06:55 PM

thats weird I have swapped out motherboards and nics before and never had to reactivate.

Lanther · 01-23-2007, 07:33 PM

It did the same thing to me last week with my external hard drive. Rebooted my system and it told me my copy of windows wasn't valid to please validate. Went to their site ran the validation program and no problems since.

kof2000 · 01-23-2007, 07:53 PM

i didnt do that i just put in another serial from another copy of legit xp

01-23-2007, 06:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	windows xp sp2... grrrrr all i did was unplug my external dvd burner and put it into this new rig and then after i restarted... its telling me to activate again because of major/significant hardware change wtf lol so you're telling me that if i plug in a usb thumb drive it will do that too? __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

01-23-2007, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lanther Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas Age: 31 Posts: 231	It did the same thing to me last week with my external hard drive. Rebooted my system and it told me my copy of windows wasn't valid to please validate. Went to their site ran the validation program and no problems since. __________________ EVGA MB / XFX NF2SALH MB Apevia Alien Case / Aspire Towe Case Rosewill 650W PSU / Rosewill RP500 PSU Athlon 64X2 3800+ / Athlon 2000 XP Processor 2047 MB DDR3200 RAM / 512 MB DDR3200 RAM 250 Gig Seagate / 120 Gig Maxtor 7200 rpm HD 2x Samsung 18x DVDRW / LG Super Multi DVD/RW Sony CDRW 256 MB FX 7600 / 128 MB FX 5200 "Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful Goodness is."-T-Bird

01-23-2007, 07:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	i didnt do that i just put in another serial from another copy of legit xp __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

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01-23-2007, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,217	thats weird I have swapped out motherboards and nics before and never had to reactivate.