Re: switching WinXP licenses on two PCs

[Michael Jacobsen <MJacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

This thread has gotten me interested in the Windows Activation process.  I 
was reading on Microsoft's website that they added this in SP1: for a 
significant hardware change there is "an additional three-day grace period 
to re-activate." That means Doug would be correct in the case of a 
hardware change.   So if you swapped the hard drives, you now know how 
long you have to activate it.  :)

Mike


> > How much of a grace period does ms give you when they detect a
> > processor change? is it immediate?
> >
> 
> On my last occurence, it was 3 days. But it wasn't the first time for 
that
> 
> Doug