"Rod Davies" wrote in message news:5FEACBA9-F0FF-4970-AF21-72AFA5F7E53A@microsoft.com... > Hi > > if I replace my chip will I need to revalidate Vista? Home Premium... > > Tks > Rod Seems to me, the only ones worrying whether they will have to reactivate their OSes after a minor hardware change are those with "less-than-official" installations of Vista. Everyone else knows there will be no problems having to reactivate their installations, since Microsoft is required by law to continue activating a license, as long as the customer abides by their EULAs. BTW. there are many "chips" on a logic-board. Which one are you referring to? It appears that you are referring to your CPU. Otherwise, the Activation servers sees no change with a minor chip replacement, so reactivation would be unnecessary. To be more specific, you might have to reactivate your OS, if you've made enough hardware changes to cause the activation records on your HD to exceed their limits for change. You will probably have to repair your OS after making a CPU change, unless you want to reinstall the OS "clean". Donald McDaniel
It is also quite possible these worrying people may be comprised of those who cannot validate over The Internet or by Phone; either through some issue with connectivity (software, hardware or restrictions set by ISP/Company/Etc.) or physical/mental disability (audio/visual impairment, difficulty understanding, etc.) for which there are little to no provisions available as a workaround. "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@comcast.invalid> wrote in news:15E92519-CB26-4A51-8858-6501C39E71DC@microsoft.com: > Seems to me, the only ones worrying whether they will have to > reactivate their OSes after a minor hardware change are those with > "less-than-official" installations of Vista. > -- *Reply to newsgroup please. *Your mileage may vary. *Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.
On 11-Oct-2007, Ace wrote: > > Seems to me, the only ones worrying whether they will have to > > reactivate their OSes after a minor hardware change are those with > > "less-than-official" installations of Vista. They may have fewer problems, but won't get the security patches unless they can also find a "less-than-official" patch collection.
Slight misquote there Ato_zee :) You quoted Donald McDaniel, not me. ato_zee@hotmail.com wrote in news:470e0992$0$8420$db0fefd9 @news.zen.co.uk: > > On 11-Oct-2007, Ace wrote: > >> > Seems to me, the only ones worrying whether they will have to >> > reactivate their OSes after a minor hardware change are those with >> > "less-than-official" installations of Vista. > > They may have fewer problems, but won't get the security patches > unless they can also find a "less-than-official" patch collection. Original thread below: Ace wrote in news:Xns99C671951875FFearIsTheMindKiller@207.46.248.16: > It is also quite possible these worrying people may be comprised of > those who cannot validate over The Internet or by Phone; either > through some issue with connectivity (software, hardware or > restrictions set by ISP/Company/Etc.) or physical/mental disability > (audio/visual impairment, difficulty understanding, etc.) for which > there are little to no provisions available as a workaround. > > > > > > > > "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@comcast.invalid> wrote in > news:15E92519-CB26-4A51-8858-6501C39E71DC@microsoft.com: > >> Seems to me, the only ones worrying whether they will have to >> reactivate their OSes after a minor hardware change are those with >> "less-than-official" installations of Vista. >> > > > -- *Reply to newsgroup please. *Your mileage may vary. *Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.
