Re: [LUG] Transplanting hard drives

[Kelly Jones <kellyjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding the max hardware updates, i have come across this a few times with customers machines.  Ring MS and they give you a new activation code with very little fuss.




On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:28 +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> Kelly Jones wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately this is a particularly annoying aspect of Windows XP, 
> > unless the hardware is very similar, you don't have a hope of doing this.
>
> Not forgetting that if it is Windows XP Home *spit*, Microsoft very 
> kindly *allow* you a maximum of 5 hardware updates a year.  That's nice 
> of them isn't it?
>
> Oops sorry I forgot <sarcasm> </sarcasm> :)
>
> Julian
>
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Kelly Jones

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