[Terry Farrell]

I don't know. All I can add is that I have never had any problem
reactivating on the couple of occasions that I have had to telephone MS (in
the UK). Nor have I met anyone that has been refused reactivation. I cannot
recall anyone reporting it in these newsgroups either.

Terry Farrell

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om...
How far back do they allow this? I was told that you would have problems
if it was not a current version?

Brian

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"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Rubbish. If you have a genuine version and a hardware update causes OGA
to kick in, you can call MS on the number provided and they will give you
an activation code over the phone and there is NO CHARGE. I have NEVER
heard of anyone failing to get a reactivation key for a genuine version.

Terry Farrell

"jaws" wrote in message
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yes, I'm sure they would not mind charging you $99 or more to do that
... or,
rather, probably tell you that you can't do that since it's licensed to
1
computer.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The validation system is aware of hardware changes - you should however
be
able to re-activate the product (if necessary by telephone).

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Maybe slightly off topic here, but how come a perfectly legal copy of
Office XP is now not genuine when all I did was clone the drive to
another bigger one?

Seems a bit harsh???
Brian