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getting a new grahpic
  1. #1


    Hubba Guest

    getting a new grahpic

    Hello group

    Installed vista - but my grahpic card can't run aero so Vista has disable
    this feature.

    I bought a new card that should support vista aero - and it's arriving
    tomorrow - but does vista turn on the aero features automatic once I
    installed the new card - or do I have to do any adjustment in vista ? ?

    Kind regards




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  2. #2


    Troy McClure Guest

    Re: getting a new grahpic

    re-run the index score and it will re-enable for you... there are other
    ways, but this is the most fun






    "Hubba" <hubba07@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:6659B0EA-D905-4A2A-9902-93CF46C61727@microsoft.com...
    > Hello group
    >
    > Installed vista - but my grahpic card can't run aero so Vista has disable
    > this feature.
    >
    > I bought a new card that should support vista aero - and it's arriving
    > tomorrow - but does vista turn on the aero features automatic once I
    > installed the new card - or do I have to do any adjustment in vista ? ?
    >
    > Kind regards



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  3. #3


    John Whitworth Guest

    Re: getting a new grahpic


    "Troy McClure" <nun@4u.com> wrote in message
    news:ebfor6nOHHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    > re-run the index score and it will re-enable for you... there are other
    > ways, but this is the most fun
    >
    >
    >


    Just out of interest, does a new graphics card constitute a need to
    re-activate. Or is there a certain limit, like there was with XP, before
    activation becomes necessary?

    Cheers

    JW



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  4. #4


    John C. Iliff Guest

    Re: getting a new grahpic

    Just a new graphics card will not require reactivation...and, as you
    suggest, there is a limit of the number of changes before you would
    be required to reactivate. The changes that can occur, before that
    requirement, are based on a 'weighted' scale, so many points for a
    graphics card, other points for a new HDD, etc. I don't remember
    the actual numbers, but that was addressed before in this newsgroup
    with the numbers.

    John

    > Just out of interest, does a new graphics card constitute a need to
    > re-activate. Or is there a certain limit, like there was with XP, before
    > activation becomes necessary?
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > JW
    >




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  5. #5


    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    Re: getting a new grahpic

    The hard drive is weighted heaviest in Vista. In XP it is the NIC. The OP
    can change the video card as many times as he likes and if the only changes
    are video cards it will not increase his liklihood of reactivation. Once
    you change one hardware characteristic further changes to that
    characteristic don't count until the next reactivation.

    "John C. Iliff" <joniliff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:OvGdrYoOHHA.4940@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
    > Just a new graphics card will not require reactivation...and, as you
    > suggest, there is a limit of the number of changes before you would
    > be required to reactivate. The changes that can occur, before that
    > requirement, are based on a 'weighted' scale, so many points for a
    > graphics card, other points for a new HDD, etc. I don't remember
    > the actual numbers, but that was addressed before in this newsgroup
    > with the numbers.
    >
    > John
    >
    >> Just out of interest, does a new graphics card constitute a need to
    >> re-activate. Or is there a certain limit, like there was with XP, before
    >> activation becomes necessary?
    >>
    >> Cheers
    >>
    >> JW
    >>

    >
    >



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