Windows requires re-activation due to hardware change , except nothing has changed . Nothing. Not one piece of hardware. Not so much as a new mouse. Not on ANY of the affected boxes. The timing however is suspect as it occurred at roughly one year after the initial activations. Have I missed something? Is there an "ET phone home" command that I am not aware of that triggers at one year? If so, why? If not, what is causing this?

Hello, just call Microsoft support, licensing calls are for free and have your licensing paper at hand. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Hi, Please can call 1-800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (PST) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. Worldwide customers can use the Guide to Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/index/worldwide.asp to find contact information in their locations. Best Regards Dale Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Please can call 1-800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (PST) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. Worldwide customers can use the Guide to Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/index/worldwide.asp to find contact information in their locations. Best Regards Dale Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” OK.... I know what need to be done to fix the current problem. My questions were: The timing however is suspect as it occurred at roughly one year after the initial activations. Have I missed something? Is there an "ET phone home" command that I am not aware of that triggers at one year? If so, why? I would like to know WHY I am going through the reactivation routine on servers that have NOT been modified, changed, formatted, reformatted, unformatted, etc. If not, what is causing this?

Maybe if I restate the question..... Should I expect to re-activate my servers (due to non-existant hardware changes) every 12 months? Is this common?

Two months now and over 1.200 views.... Is no one going to answer the original question as to whether my servers will have to be periodically reactivated "due to hardware change" even when there are no hardware changes? Is there a time window in which the server(s) will simply tell me to re-activate?

OK... Here is the update. I have finished the "re-activation due to hardware change". On multiple machines that have had NO hardware changes. My questions are: Is there a time window in which the server(s) will simply tell me to re-activate again? If not, what are the triggers that would cause my Server 2008 units to, as a group, decide they had undergone mythical hardware changes?