Silver_Razorback Escreveu:isso aplica-se a quem só usa um disco e atafulha lá tudo,SO+programas+jogos+mp3+videos+porn+imagens das porcas sacadas do hi5+documentos importante ou de trabalho
para quem, como eu, tem o C: reservado para SO only, format does not equal pain, muito pelo contrário, perco muito menos tempo do que andar a correr ferramentas para limpar o registry e a desfragmentar o disco.
o problema é que isso não é válido para todas as situaçoes. há software que precisa de ser instalado, há tweaks, modificações de aspecto e tudo mais. para mim, e para muitos mais, não é viável isso, simples.
se para ti é, ótimo, agora não digas faças disso um axioma porque não o é. já lá vai o tempo que era masoquista suficiente para formatar o disco várias vezes por ano.
Vtech Escreveu:Possivelmente essa licença é mais tolerante a mudanças de hardware, porque é sabido que a Microsoft tem vários tipos de licença, em caixa, OEM, MSDNAA, Action Pack, Genuine KIT, Volume, Open e possivelmente mais ainda.
Modifications to hardware and how they affect the activation status of Windows XP
Product activation rechecks the hardware it is running only to help reduce illegal hard disk cloning – another prevalent piracy method. Hard disk cloning is where a pirate copies the entire image of a hard disk from one PC to another PC. At each login, Windows XP checks to see that it is running on the same or similar hardware that it was activated on. If it detects that the hardware is “substantially different”, reactivation is required. This check is performed after the SLP BIOS check discussed above, if the SLP BIOS check fails. This means that if your PC is pre-activated in the factory using the SLP pre-activation method, all the components in the PC could be swapped, including the motherboard, so long as the replacement motherboard was genuine and from the OEM with the proper BIOS. As noted above, installations of Windows XP made using volume licensing media and volume license product keys (VLKs) will not have any hardware component checking.
Microsoft defines “substantially different” hardware differently for PCs that are configured to be dockable. Additionally, the network adapter is given a superior “weighting.” If the PC is not dockable and a network adapter exists and is not changed, 6 or more of the other above values would have to change before reactivation was required. If a network adapter existed but is changed or never existed at all, 4 or more changes (including the changed network adapter if it previously existed) will result in a requirement to reactivate.
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.
The change of a single component multiple times (e.g. from video adapter A to video adapter B to video adapter C) is treated as a single change. The addition of components to a PC, such as adding a second hard drive which did not exist during the original activation, would not trigger the need for a reactivation nor would the modification of a component not listed in the above table. Additionally, reinstallation of Windows XP on the same or similar hardware and a subsequent reactivation can be accomplished an infinite number of times. Finally, the Microsoft activation clearinghouse system will automatically allow activation to occur over the Internet four times in one year on substantially different hardware. This last feature was implemented to allow even the most savvy power users to make changes to their systems and, if they must reactivate, do so over the Internet rather than necessitating a telephone call.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/6/21654b16-6c81-4d96-9390-5203cd43d07d/WindowsProductActivationTechnicalMarketBulletin.doc
a este ritmo ainda transferem o tópico para a treta 