> From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM
> Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that > required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They > said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into > that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the > number. Does winders 7 have something similar? Yes but that has nothing to do with your problem. If you change your hardware too much, it will deactivate your license, but you'll get a pretty clear error about that being the problem. I *think* you get a grace period after that to re-activate your system but it's been a while since I had that happen to me. --Mike
