swapped cpu on motherboard = 1 activation left :(

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Originally Posted by highness

i have swapped cpu from i7 to an i5 on my mb, and got the activation nailed in Steam

the message was saying something like due to a "significant" hardware change, the activation blabla blabla..


the "significant" hardware change was just a cpu change! what the hell???

ps: i have other games installed with my steam account (ARMA2 OA, Mafia II etc) havent launched those yet since i have swapped cpu, i blieve those activations will be nailed as well!

Originally Posted by Fritz X

"I'm right with you, Red Three!"

Honestly, don't blame Steam for things it hasn't got anything to do with in the first place.
The activation you lost applies to the Solidshield DRM and has got nothing to do with Steam.

Ps.: CPU as well as GPU changes have been considered as "major changes" for quite some time now, making people to have re-activate certain kinds of software online.

Who sets the hardware change?

Does Windows check the system and report to software?

or is it up to the application?