> Thanks to both Fud and Kurtrail for their valuable input...
> most helpful...
> Glad to have you guys as part of the group.
! Like no one can see
the facetious nature of your gladness.>
> Fuds question:
> "Then why do you go on to give answer to what you already pleaded your
> ignorance about. Is it MS policy to just make stuff up as you go
> along?"
>
> My broken-straw-brain response:
> My answer is valid despite not knowing why exactly activation is
> triggered - and that answer was, "no, you don't have to activate
> everytime you install a driver".
PA already isn't working right on the OP's computer. A driver install
shouldn't have trigger PA in the effin' first place, so how do you know that
he won't have to in the future? Is MS licensing predictions from Miss Cleo?
> As it is not Microsoft policy to make things up as we go along, I
> prefaced my statement with an honest admission of not knowing the
> exact mechanics, rather than pretend I knew.
And only a moron give his advise in spite of his admitted ignorance. If you
don't know, leave it to people that do.
>
> Kurtrails comment:
> A driver update should NEVER trigger activation, despite what the
> moron, with MSFT after his name, said. MS would rather protect...
> [miscellaneous "i hate Microsoft" rant]
>
> Response of the moron with MSFT after his name:
> Activation can be caused by either a major change or by a series of
> small changes. Here's an article by a Non-Microsoft site that should
> satiate you "MS-is-big-brother-and-can't-be-trusted" types...
> http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/prod-activ.html
Pull out the quote that says that driver changes count towards activation,
MicroFUDmeister.
>
> I realize you both would like to prove your superior intellect by
> bashing on a straw brained moron with "MSFT" after his name; but
> please try to keep it constructive and keep in mind I'm here of my
> own free will, with no agenda other than to help people.
! You "agenda" is quite
clear. FUDing MS's responsiblity for it'sobviously defective copy protection.
"How does product activation determine tolerance? In other words, how
many components of the PC must change before I am required to reactivate?
Common changes to hardware such as upgrading a video card, adding a second
hard disk drive, adding RAM or upgrading a CD-ROM device will not require
the system to be reactivated."
"Specifically, product activation determines tolerance through a voting
mechanism. There are 10 hardware characteristics used in creating the
hardware hash. Each characteristic is worth one vote, except the network
card which is worth three votes. When thinking of tolerance, it's easiest to
think about what has not changed instead of what has changed. When the
current hardware hash is compared to the original hardware hash, there must
be 7 or more matching points for the two hardware hashes to be considered in
tolerance. If the network card is the same, then only 4 additional
characteristics must match (because the network card is worth 3, for a total
of 7). If the network card is not the same, then a total of 7
characteristics other than the network card must be the same. If the device
is a laptop (specifically a dockable device), additional tolerance is
allotted and there need be only 4 or more matching points. Therefore, if the
device is dockable and the network card is the same, only one other
characteristic must be the same for a total vote of 4. If the device is
dockable and the network card is not the same, then a total of 4
characteristics other than the network card must be the same." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp
Numbnuts, PA is supposed to dependent on physical hardware changes, not
driver updates.
<Aside to FUD:
! And I
think BS smells better too!>--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"