Vista - New CHIP - reactivate VISTA Home Premium??

Hi

if I replace my chip will I need to revalidate / reactivate Vista? Home
Premium...

Tks
Rod

It's quite likely, though the re-activation process is both quick and
painless.

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"Rod Davies" <ldavies@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
news:7936C4BA-DEE9-46F8-A908-745B3356B937@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> if I replace my chip will I need to revalidate / reactivate Vista? Home
> Premium...
>
> Tks
> Rod

I just upgraded the CPU (only) on my PC, under Vista Home Premium X64.

I did not need to activate Vista again. (I checked the activation status
just to be sure.)

Your experience may be different, based on other changes that you may have
made in the past. If you try to activate online and get a message that the
key is already in use, use the telephone method (toll-free call, at least in
the USA). Don't bother dealing with the automated telephone activation; you
won't get a different result than the online activation. Speak with an MS
representative, explaining why you need to activate again. I believe that
you'll be given an activation code, even under the most restrictive licenses
(OEM).

Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"Rod Davies" <ldavies@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
news:7936C4BA-DEE9-46F8-A908-745B3356B937@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> if I replace my chip will I need to revalidate / reactivate Vista? Home
> Premium...
>
> Tks
> Rod

Same for me. Upgraded the CPU and nothing else.
No re-activation required.


"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OLkNfA31HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I just upgraded the CPU (only) on my PC, under Vista Home Premium X64.
>
> I did not need to activate Vista again. (I checked the activation status
> just to be sure.)
>
> Your experience may be different, based on other changes that you may have
> made in the past. If you try to activate online and get a message that the
> key is already in use, use the telephone method (toll-free call, at least
> in the USA). Don't bother dealing with the automated telephone activation;
> you won't get a different result than the online activation. Speak with an
> MS representative, explaining why you need to activate again. I believe
> that you'll be given an activation code, even under the most restrictive
> licenses (OEM).
>
> Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "Rod Davies" <ldavies@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
> news:7936C4BA-DEE9-46F8-A908-745B3356B937@microsoft.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> if I replace my chip will I need to revalidate / reactivate Vista? Home
>> Premium...
>>
>> Tks
>> Rod
>