Too often activation required - WHAT hardware change requires reactivation?

This is the 5th time I have to activate my Vista 64, the third time using the phone system.

Install-> Activate (normal)
Switch from IDE to AHCI Mode (+ updated drivers from AMD): reactivate, is not that I like it, but good...
Updated AHCI driver: reactivate, this time by phone
Cloning HARD drive to the new HARD disk (S.M.A.R.T. prefail) system: reactivate over the telephone once again, getting annoyed by the beast «on how many computers...» "question.
Update driver today still: reactivate over the telephone once again, getting more annoyed by the beast «on how many computers...» "question.

Vista 64 is WAY TOO HYPERSENSITIVE when it come to request reactivation.

What exactely to material changes to or driver do Vista want to reactivate?

Is it possible to NOT require reactivation?
What will I do if activation fails and pleasant phone system or the Lady tells me "installed on computers too", even if it is installed on a computer?
If you want me to illegally licensed in volume of open e (available due to my work) to avoid this inconvenience, Vista 64 me closer to do it even if I bought it normally.

Set

Setsunaaa,

Product activation Microsoft detects configuration values of the material where the product is installed and creates values of hash for this configuration.

Product activation can tolerate a few changes in the hardware configuration by allowing a hash value of current to have a difference of the hash value that is initially enabled.

If the hard disk is reformatted and the software is reinstalled, reactivation is required. Same for the activation grace periods apply to this situation.

Common changes to hardware, such as the mise a niveau video card, adding a second hard drive, adding RAM, or upgrading a CD-ROM drive, do not require the system to be reactivated. Specifically, Product Activation determines tolerance through a voting mechanism. Ten hardware characteristics are used to create the hardware hash. Each characteristic is rated as a voice, except the network card. The network adapter is rated as three votes.

When you think about tolerance, thinks that what has not changed, instead of what has changed. The current hardware hash is compared to the original hardware hash, seven or more points must match for the two hardware hashes to be considered in tolerance. If the network card is the same, only four additional features must match, because the network card is worth three, for a total of seven. If the network card is not the same, seven characteristics other than the network card must be the same.

If a component is changed one day, and then another change is done the next day, two changes are counted. The changes are cumulative. However, if a user is asked to reactivate, the hardware profile is reset to the new configuration.

Even if it's embarrassing, if you are in the guidelines of the EULA, reactivation on the same computer can be performed as many times as necessary.

Please see the following link for more details about the activation process.

http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-Vista/quick-start/activation-FAQ.aspx

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