Product Activation Question

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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