Activation

Hi All!
I have a client who has 2 machines, 1 legal copy of xp pro
loaded and working on the 1 machine. The client phoned me
and asked if she could buy a second licence for xp pro.
She has loaded a second machine with the first cd and cd
key and now it does not want to activate. (I explained why)

Is there any way of changing the cd key and activating
using the new licence? The first pack was xp pro sp1 and
second licence is xp pro sp2.

I would like to do the activation without reinstalling and
after speaking to an MS support person they informed me
that this can't be done - I am however not that convinced.

Your help is appreciated.

Glen;
Try a Repair Installation with the new CD and new Product Key:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Glen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:324801c4a9db$4a096c40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi All!
> I have a client who has 2 machines, 1 legal copy of xp pro
> loaded and working on the 1 machine. The client phoned me
> and asked if she could buy a second licence for xp pro.
> She has loaded a second machine with the first cd and cd
> key and now it does not want to activate. (I explained why)
>
> Is there any way of changing the cd key and activating
> using the new licence? The first pack was xp pro sp1 and
> second licence is xp pro sp2.
>
> I would like to do the activation without reinstalling and
> after speaking to an MS support person they informed me
> that this can't be done - I am however not that convinced.
>
> Your help is appreciated.

Hi JJ

Thanks for the reply - I would have done that had I failed
to change the CD key.

What I did was: -
Clicked on activate telephonically
Clicked on change cd key
Changed cd key to the new cd key on the sp2 pack
Activated via telephone

I was sooooooo relieved as this saved me about 3 hours of
work reloading all the apps the client had installed and
configured.

Thanks again


>-----Original Message-----
>Glen;
>Try a Repair Installation with the new CD and new Product
Key:
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
>"Glen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:324801c4a9db$4a096c40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi All!
>> I have a client who has 2 machines, 1 legal copy of xp
pro
>> loaded and working on the 1 machine. The client phoned
me
>> and asked if she could buy a second licence for xp pro.
>> She has loaded a second machine with the first cd and cd
>> key and now it does not want to activate. (I explained
why)
>>
>> Is there any way of changing the cd key and activating
>> using the new licence? The first pack was xp pro sp1 and
>> second licence is xp pro sp2.
>>
>> I would like to do the activation without reinstalling
and
>> after speaking to an MS support person they informed me
>> that this can't be done - I am however not that
convinced.
>>
>> Your help is appreciated.
>
>
>.
>