JimmyT Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I reinstalled my copy of windows today to another partition, just to check some compatibility issues I had with SP2. I've used the same, genuine cd key on both partitions, but the product number is different. Wasn't that supposed to be the same? The last 3 numbers of the product id was 140 on the old installation and are 295 on the new installation :huh: Also... I have installed SP2 RTM (with the right checksum) and on the system properties it says: Service Pack 2, v.2180. On the new partition it just says Service Pack 2. Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMonkey Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 From what I under stand, the lovely number you speak of is randomly generated each time you install Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 IIRC, the product id changes depending on your hardware (which could mean the size of the partition) .. so that might be one reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyT Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Oh. This means that I might have to call MS again to activate windows and explain to them once more what have I done since the previous installation (new tv tuner and 2 new hard disks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverUnknown Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Oh. This means that I might have to call MS again to activate windows and explain to them once more what have I done since the previous installation (new tv tuner and 2 new hard disks) yeah i hate doing that. such a hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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