Le petit article d'[H]ARD|OCP devrait faire taire la plupart de ces rumeurs. Extrait choisit:
Your product key is bound to the hardware in your system. If you change your hardware SIGNIFICANTLY, you can still reactivate. (In fact, only on HIGH volume keys with different hardware will MS stop accepting the pirate key.) ie. Customer has a product key, he can go through a FEW COMPLETE computer overhauls, use the same product key, and be just fine. NOW, if a product key is used in 1000 different hardware configurations, we don’t let THAT product get activated. The PID has then become worthless. Nobody can activate Windows with it. This makes PID sharing (the most common form of Windows piracy) a little more costly. If YOU ever want to reinstall the Windows YOU bought, YOU better keep your key, and not give it away, or post it on the internet.
