With Or Without Reactivation Required; Hardware Components Related To Activation; The Number Of Changed Components That Require No Reactivation - Canon CXDI-50G Service Manual

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The following describes Windows XP activation for your reference.
(Note that this information is based on a test and information posted on Web bulletin boards
because Microsoft does not provide an official document for this.)

1. With or without reactivation required

Modification
Reinstalling OS without hard
drive formatting required
Reinstalling OS with hard
drive formatting required
Replacing a mother board
Move a hard drive to a
different machine
Changing external devices
Adding hardware components

2. Hardware components related to activation

· Display adapter (video board)
· SCSI adapter
· IDE adapter
· Network adapter (MAC address)
· Within the amount of mounted physical memory
· Processor type
· Processor serial number
· Hard disk interface
· Hard disk volume serial number
· CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM

3. The number of changed components that require no reactivation

· Without network interface: Changes up to four elements
· With network interface: Changes up to six elements
6. Troubleshooting
1. With or without
reactivation required
Not required
Required
Probably required
Required
Not required
Not required
5
Description
Because an install ID stored in the
hard drive is cleared.
Depends on the number of on-board
devices.
Due to being regarded as anything
other than the hard drive being
modified.
Due to recognizing the PC's internal
configuration only.
Only replacement of components that
existed at the time of first activation
is detected. Adding components is a
different category.