Ed Bott writes that just updating a hardware driver could make you have to reactivate Vista.
The simple act of updating some hardware drivers – without making any changes to the hardware itself – can result in the Software Protection Platform code in Windows Vista deciding that the system requires reactivation. And a simple Internet activation won’t do; you’ll need to call Microsoft’s activation hotline, enter your product ID over the phone, and then type in the 48–digit code the operator reads back to you.
Source: » Problems arise with Vista’s activation system | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com
Didn’t we pay enough for Vista in the first place to not have to go through bugs like this?
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