Better late than never...
A correction to my post below:

>FWIW: I only had to re-activate once in 2 1/2 years. I "deactivated"
>the original installed NIC for testing, and got locked out till I
>re-activated...
>(That also helped me to move up to SP1, which is less quick to lock you
>out...)

That part was mis-stated...
I should have said I DISABLED the NIC for testing.
(In Control Panel/Network Connections/right click on NIC.)
That caused Windows to demand an immediate re-activation on next boot,
due to the lost points. --(And other "accumulated" lost points like a different
CD, HD, etc...)

Sorry for stating/wording that wrong originally...            Rick Glazier

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