All 3 of these are incorrect. I have 4 different machine running XP with both a wireless network and a hard wired network and have had "no" diffficulties changing from one to the other.
That is NOT what a network location change does. Please do not assume that when I talk about a certain feature that Windows doesn't have I am talking about something else.
A "network location" is not either a wireless or a cable network. A network location is a set of definitions for all networks one connects to.
I have a wireless and a cable network at home and my computers are set up for them. Wen I take one of the computers elsewhere, I can change the network location and define new networks, with the old ones inactive but I can switch back to them.
It has NOTHING to do with the ability to be connected to several networks at once without problems. It is about the ability to be connected to several distinct sets of networks without the need to reconfigure adapter settings.
Reactivation is ONLY required "if" you change certain hardware. IE: motherboard, CPU, hard drive are the "only" one that will cause a reactivation.
Yes, but unfortunately, Windows XP asked me to re-activate it despite there having been no such changes. The information that ONLY such changes would demand a re-activation is hence not very helpful (and nor is what I told here wrong because of that).
Apparently attempting to create a new (second disctinct) network connection (for the same adapter) counted as a hardware change.
Try it out yourself?
And try using a PC OS on a PC, not a Mac.
Would have been the worse idea. If I hadn't had Mac OS on the same computer, I would have been stuck with a Windows with no network connection.
The thing to learn here is: keep a second OS around.
(BTW the idea that Windows develops new software features based on your hardware vendor is a myth. Windows XP does NOT support network locations and it has NOTHING to do with whether you use an Apple or a Dell.
