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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 111515" data-attributes="member: 14215"><p>Its not that surprising when you think about it, i don't think hardware has a unique identifier that Windows can read without a driver. If Windows depend on the driver to supply such identification, a new driver might for some reason supply a new ID thus causing windows to believe a hardware device have been changed.</p><p></p><p>In the case of the OPs video card driver, this change might have something todo with a big revision of the structure of the driver(maybe in connection with Vista), and in my case it might have something to do with getting a driver produced by a different company than the driver that was replaced.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, the conclusion is (as always) with these anti-piracy schemes that it hurts the legitimate customer <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 111515, member: 14215"] Its not that surprising when you think about it, i don't think hardware has a unique identifier that Windows can read without a driver. If Windows depend on the driver to supply such identification, a new driver might for some reason supply a new ID thus causing windows to believe a hardware device have been changed. In the case of the OPs video card driver, this change might have something todo with a big revision of the structure of the driver(maybe in connection with Vista), and in my case it might have something to do with getting a driver produced by a different company than the driver that was replaced. Regardless, the conclusion is (as always) with these anti-piracy schemes that it hurts the legitimate customer :) [/QUOTE]
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