Product Activation Question
Brian Donahue
Posts: 6,590 Bronze 1
Hi Josh,
Thanks for writing. You should not have any problems as the activation
uses hardware attributes from your computer rather than software attributes.
If you need to re-activate the software on a computer that's had the OS
re-installed or upgraded, it will work flawlessly.
Regards,
Brian Donahue
Red Gate Technical Support
"Josh" <jcarlisle@nospam-removeme.viewfusion.com> wrote in message
news:rY$Vq5CaEHA.2428@server53...
> I just purchased the ants profiler a few minutes ago. I was about to
install
> it on my workstation and I noticed it uses product activivation. I'm
> assuming this is similar to windows XP activation? The reason I ask is
that
> our shop is currently running windows 2000 but in 3 weeks the desktop
> management guys are going to ghost my workstation with Windows XP. It will
> be the same exact hardware just a new OS (not an upgrade a fresh install).
> Should I be ok with reactivating when I have to reinstall in a few weeks
> since it's the same hardware?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Josh Carlisle
>
>
Thanks for writing. You should not have any problems as the activation
uses hardware attributes from your computer rather than software attributes.
If you need to re-activate the software on a computer that's had the OS
re-installed or upgraded, it will work flawlessly.
Regards,
Brian Donahue
Red Gate Technical Support
"Josh" <jcarlisle@nospam-removeme.viewfusion.com> wrote in message
news:rY$Vq5CaEHA.2428@server53...
> I just purchased the ants profiler a few minutes ago. I was about to
install
> it on my workstation and I noticed it uses product activivation. I'm
> assuming this is similar to windows XP activation? The reason I ask is
that
> our shop is currently running windows 2000 but in 3 weeks the desktop
> management guys are going to ghost my workstation with Windows XP. It will
> be the same exact hardware just a new OS (not an upgrade a fresh install).
> Should I be ok with reactivating when I have to reinstall in a few weeks
> since it's the same hardware?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Josh Carlisle
>
>
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