Quoting Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:51, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:46:09 +1200 > > > > "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well my son and his friends, when they travel around the country > for > > > their LAN /gaming sessions, often just take their hard drives and > put > > > them temporarily in other machines. > > > Contrary to the Windows bashing we often see on this list, Win XP > has > > > excellent hardware detection and usually just boots up fine with > > > different hardware. > > > > > > Regards, Robert > > > > doesn't it trigger the whatsit that stops it running on another > machine? > > I do not think the product activation stops things going straight away.
It can tell if you have changed the disk it's on, that's what triggers it because that means you have copied the code. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
