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capnq said:
I have heard reports of it being triggered by such "major" changes as adding more RAM. (I could have sworn it was on a thread in these forums, but I can't find it now.)
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RAM, hard drive serial number and the partition volume number (which changes with a format) are factors that are considered by WPA. So upgrading RAM and moving to a new disk would mean 3 changes (out of an allowed 7). Changing the network card (e.g. adding a wireless one or altering its MAC address - sometimes useful with cable-based ISPs) would count as a further 3 so at this point, any further change (video card, CD/DVD drive or SCSI adaptor) would trigger re-activation. Unless you waited for 120 days for the previous changes to "time out" (with XP SP1 onwards).