activate xp

[Guest]

I have recently installed a 2nd HDrive and 2nd copy of Xp due to a bad sector
on original drive. The Xp install was done from the i386 file of the
original drive with a missing file copied from a friend. The new install
requires activation but my attempts to do this with the product key from the
pc return the message "invalid product key". I assume that this is because my
original install was registered with this key. Will this cause a problem
after the specified time limit has expired ? (original Xp is still active on
1st HD) Thanks in advance. Charlie

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Charlie,

Will this cause a problem after the specified time limit has expired?

It will if you want to do anything besides boot to safe mode. If this was an
OEM installation, you need to phone in the activation as it is no longer
allowed to be done over the 'net. This is the result of too many pirated OEM
installations being done, so you are now forced to phone the activation in.
Run the activation wizard and choose the phone option to be given the
correct number to call.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alias]

Hi Charlie,




It will if you want to do anything besides boot to safe mode. If this was an
OEM installation, you need to phone in the activation as it is no longer
allowed to be done over the 'net. This is the result of too many pirated OEM
installations being done, so you are now forced to phone the activation in.
Run the activation wizard and choose the phone option to be given the
correct number to call.

You mean and HP/Dell/eMachines type OEM, not a generic OEM, right?

Alias

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Right, and that is what I suspect we have here. Call it a hunch.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Are there many people still installing XP on their old PCs? Most new
systems come with OS pre-installed so pirates must be those who are
installing XP on old technology and perhaps never use it after
installation because it is either slow or "not very interesting", or
they hit a problem and have no where to go!

 

[Alias]

Are there many people still installing XP on their old PCs? Most new
systems come with OS pre-installed so pirates must be those who are
installing XP on old technology and perhaps never use it after
installation because it is either slow or "not very interesting", or
they hit a problem and have no where to go!

Interesting "logic". I installed a generic OEM XP Pro on an old HP with
an AMD Athlon at 800Mhz and 256MB RAM that I bought in 2000 with no
problems whatsoever.

Where do you get your information, from a Cracker Jack box?

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Are there many people still installing XP on their old PCs?

There are some who are doing so. But most people who install WinXP for
themselves are the more knowledgeable computer users, hobbyists, and/or
professionals for whom the mass produced, cookie-cutter OEM PCs, with
their bargain-basement components and their lowest-common-denominator
selection of applications, are woefully inadequate.

Most new
systems come with OS pre-installed

And these are purchased almost exclusively by the mass consumer market.
In plain English, those who simply don't know any better.

so pirates must be those who are
installing XP on old technology and perhaps never use it after
installation because it is either slow or "not very interesting", or
they hit a problem and have no where to go!

Since your original assumptions were deeply flawed, your conclusions
are worthless.


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[Guest]

Your Windows XP license agreement only permits one (1)
installation of XP on one (1) computer. That is why you
are having the activation issue. You need to remove the old
defective hard drive and replace it with the new hard drive.
Otherwise, you'll need to purchase a new "Full Version" of
Windows XP and install it on the second drive.

Please read your Windows XP End-User License Agreement.

Go to Start > Run and type WINVER , and hit enter.
Then click on "End-User License Agreement".

 

[kurttrail]

Are there many people still installing XP on their old PCs? Most new
systems come with OS pre-installed so pirates must be those who are
installing XP on old technology and perhaps never use it after
installation because it is either slow or "not very interesting", or
they hit a problem and have no where to go!

Me thinks that anyone so stupid as to believe the above nonsense needs
to be anonymous to hide their true identity as appearing totally
assinine.

Could you change your nick to "ASSININE," so we know we anonymous idiot
you are?

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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. My machine is a HP OEM. Before I
remove the old HD, I would like to install all the programs that came with
the machine onto the new drive, but using the HP re-install wiz doesn't seem
to offer choices of where the install takes place. Is there any way around
this? Or can I just delete the OS from the old drive and block out the bad
sectors...and hope the HD doesn't stop turnin' ?
Charlie (novice)

 

[Guest]

The HP recovery procedure will only permit reinstalling the
HP version of Windows XP on a C: drive. I would suggest
ordering the HP Recovery CDs from HP so you can reinstall
XP on your new hard drive.

Obtaining HP Recovery CD
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...3&lang=en&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=bph07143