Reactivate OFFICE XP after hardware change

[Pipe & Slippers]

Just added a sata drive to my pc...
Next time I go to use any Office XP application I get "there's been a hardware change etc, etc...insert the Office XP disc"!!
What's all that about then?
What's going to happen next? FEAR and HL2 stop working since I've made a hardware change? Grrrr
I could understand it if it was the XP operating system asking but...but...but...splutter, splutter....<<speechless>>

 

[Dingo]

Had a pc stored foe three months and it required a re-activation when I went to use it....seems they are monitoring cd key useage nowadays!

 

[pax]

Had a pc stored foe three months and it required a re-activation when I went to use it....seems they are monitoring cd key useage nowadays!

Next thing to do is to find out what ports and IP's are being communicated on and block them on your firewall.