

Also, most times if you are replacing a piece of hardware with a duplicate piece, this error isn't triggered, only if you replace with something different. And I understand that, but running the activation again with a valid Key such as a volume license key should restart or reactivate the device. Once a machine does the activation, I am sure there is some kind of hardware combo sid sent to MS showing that this device has been activated with this code, and if that sid changes it is no longer valid. It isn't legal, but it will work, just like in a virtual machine. Because theoretically, you can build a machine and install windows on it using a VL and not have an OEM or CAL license and it will work fine. Yes, that is true, but that isn't a physical license or file is it? The machine requires the OEM license or CAL, but there isn't physically anything that matches or mates those 2 together.
