Media Center 2005 re-activation

[chinny]

Hi Everyone,

I recently reloaded my MCE 2005 machine after getting a new graphics card and a second hdd to stripe it. When I reinstalled MCE and went to activate it the wizard said that it has been activated the maximum number of times allowed (had only been done once) and I'd have to phone MS for re-activation. I did this on the freephone number and it all went fine but it got me wondering...
If I reload my machine again in the future (assuming no hardware upgrades next time) will I have any problems getting an unlock code?
Has anyone else out there had any experience of this they could share?

Cheers.

[Lee H]

In the past I occasionally needed to format on a monthly basis (testing stuff....all sorts of drivers left all over the place) and have had to phone them only on 3 occasions.

I found them to be extremely polite... even on Christmas Day 2 years ago when I had to ring, and I've never had an issue when activating via this method for windows XP, I've yet to need to ring them for MCE but I expect its the same number and staff

[chinny]

Thanks Lee