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Windows Vista Activation Notice/Warning

Posted Oct 25, 2007 by Jason Faulkner  

One item I saw today which I wanted to pass along which may effect Windows Vista users who are tinkerers or are planning to upgrade their machine.

According to an article on APCMag.com, updating your hardware drivers can sometimes cause Vista to lose its activation status. As you may know, Windows Activation is directly related to Microsoft’s WPA, which attempts to flag any significant changes to hardware in order to detect piracy. Of course, this probably isn’t what Microsoft intended with WPA and according to the article, they are working to correct it.

Just something to keep in mind if you are looking to do some upgrades on your hardware.

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