What's the big deal? Just put xp on it yourself! It only requires additional drivers and most manufacturers have xp drivers on their websites. Being a pc repairman, I've downgraded at least 60 vista laptops to xp and countless desktops, All with complete ease.
I don't want to call you a liar, but Windows activation (for both XP and Vista) requires a large change to hardware for the version of Windows to become de-activated. Maybe you changed a bunch of different stuff over the years, and adding more RAM was the straw that broke the camel's activation? You can read here about that (it's for XP but Vista is the same in this regard). Changing the RAM on its own is not enough - you have to change at least 6 components in your PC for it to freak out. Here's a snippet from the page linked above:
Scenario A:
PC One has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 above. User swaps the motherboard and CPU chip for an upgraded one, swaps the video adapter, adds a second hard drive for additional storage, doubles the amount of RAM, and swaps the CD ROM drive for a faster one.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Scenario B:
PC Two has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps the video card and the SCSI controller.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Dockable PCs are treated slightly more leniently. In a dockable PC, if a network adapter exists and is not changed, 9 or more of the other above values would have to change before reactivation was required. If no network adapter exists or the existing one is changed, 7 or more changes (including the network adapter) will result in a requirement to reactivate.
Scenario C:
Dockable PC Three has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps to a bigger hard disk drive, and adds a network adapter.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
I don't want to call you a liar, but Windows activation (for both XP and Vista) requires a large change to hardware for the version of Windows to become de-activated. Maybe you changed a bunch of different stuff over the years, and adding more RAM was the straw that broke the camel's activation? You can read here about that (it's for XP but Vista is the same in this regard). Changing the RAM on its own is not enough - you have to change at least 6 components in your PC for it to freak out. Here's a snippet from the page linked above:
Scenario A:
PC One has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 above. User swaps the motherboard and CPU chip for an upgraded one, swaps the video adapter, adds a second hard drive for additional storage, doubles the amount of RAM, and swaps the CD ROM drive for a faster one.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Scenario B:
PC Two has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps the video card and the SCSI controller.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Dockable PCs are treated slightly more leniently. In a dockable PC, if a network adapter exists and is not changed, 9 or more of the other above values would have to change before reactivation was required. If no network adapter exists or the existing one is changed, 7 or more changes (including the network adapter) will result in a requirement to reactivate.
Scenario C:
Dockable PC Three has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps to a bigger hard disk drive, and adds a network adapter.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
That's rubbish, because when i moved my hdd from one pc to another as a slave, It deactivated. That was when i used home edition xp though, now on xp pro sp2 and that prob is no more....i can hotswap them anytime.
LOL at this prick, So it's a chip, so what? Never seen a modchip before? PS3 was said to be "uncrackable" but that's been done, so what this chip can protect against engineers like myself??? GET REAL ATARI!!!! A chip is not a solution, just something you can take to your bosses claiming it is a definite solution and get a fat payrise. You make me sick. And yes I do buy retail games actually *ahem* lol
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So, I suppose red steel is not violent then lol
What's the big deal? Just put xp on it yourself! It only requires additional drivers and most manufacturers have xp drivers on their websites. Being a pc repairman, I've downgraded at least 60 vista laptops to xp and countless desktops, All with complete ease.
LOL at this prick, So it's a chip, so what? Never seen a modchip before? PS3 was said to be "uncrackable" but that's been done, so what this chip can protect against engineers like myself??? GET REAL ATARI!!!! A chip is not a solution, just something you can take to your bosses claiming it is a definite solution and get a fat payrise. You make me sick. And yes I do buy retail games actually *ahem* lol