When I was working contract tech support for the Evil Empire, I was told that it's variable --and deliberately so. You might get five times, you might not even get twice.
It'll also demand re-activation if you make any 'major' hardware changes to an otherwise-stable box. Put in a new video card --reactivate XP; put in a stick of RAM --reactivate XP. Because Bob forbid you should use one copy of the damn thing on more than one machine...
Sorry, I realize that doesn't help much. But M$oft PD wouldn't share that info with their own techs, much less with us phone-monkeys.
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When I was working contract tech support for the Evil Empire, I was told that it's variable --and deliberately so. You might get five times, you might not even get twice.
It'll also demand re-activation if you make any 'major' hardware changes to an otherwise-stable box. Put in a new video card --reactivate XP; put in a stick of RAM --reactivate XP. Because Bob forbid you should use one copy of the damn thing on more than one machine...
Sorry, I realize that doesn't help much. But M$oft PD wouldn't share that info with their own techs, much less with us phone-monkeys.