'Diagnostic Startup' forces Windows Reactivation

[Happo]

I use the 'Diagnostic Startup' setting with msconfig every now and again when troubleshooting/installing certain apps because I simply find it easier than manually choosing what to load at startup. Upon booting into the stripped down mode I get a message;

There have been significant hardware changes since you activated Windows...you have 3 days to reactivate blah blah...

No hardware has been changed. It is becoming a pain to call Microsoft (I have used all my online activations with some systems) every time I wish to use this function.

I could not find a lot of online reference to this and it doesn't seem to happen on all the systems here, so am interested to know if anyone else has come across it.

Thanks,
Daniel.

 

[bcastner]

It is possible if not all devices get enumerated.

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...net/prodtechnol/winxppro/evaluate/xpactiv.asp