From: "Robert Comer" 

I can't think of how that would be helpful for security. (I had the same
thought actually, but couldn't come with a valid reason)

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Bob Comer


"mike"  wrote in message
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> >There was an issue with the SIL 3114 driver that caused the disk
>>serial number to be reported as different each boot
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>
> Imagine if that were done intentionally for security reasons?
>
> /m
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:45:54 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
>  wrote:
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>>It appears some with ASUS mbs and the SIL 3114 raid chip have experienced
>>another feature of Vista - constant deactivation - and have quickly gone
>>through their MSDN 10 licenses
>>
>>from the Microsoft.public.windows.vista.general group
>>
>>---------------------
>>Subject: Windows keeps deactivating
>>
>>And I have SIL 3114 on-board raid chip (ASUS m/b)!
>>
>>I thought I installed the latest dirver.
>>
>>Guys please let me know if you will find proper fix for this problem - I
>>have run out of my keys now! And it says - Windows is not genuine on my
>>desktop.
>>
>>I had 10 keys from MSDN subscription. I tried to open incident for this
>>but
>>stuck in the middle - one department reffers me to another. And it goes in
>>circles :-
>>-------------------------------------
>>Subject - Vista activation lost after every restart
>>
>>That is the issue, you more than likely need an updated driver from
>>Silicon
>>Image.  There was an issue with the SIL 3114 driver that caused the disk
>>serial number to be reported as different each boot which could cause your
>>issue.  An updated driver should be available to address this issue.
>>Do you have a case number where it was told to you that the processor was
>>the problem?
>>

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