activation

[rosena]

hi can anyone please help me..i bought a windows cd about 2 years ago and it
was fine..now all of a sudden it keeps asking me to activate windows..i have
tried this and it is saying that the product key is unathourised..so every 30
days i have to re-install windows.. help please

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

hi can anyone please help me..i bought a windows cd about 2 years ago and
it
was fine..now all of a sudden it keeps asking me to activate windows..i
have
tried this and it is saying that the product key is unathourised..so every
30
days i have to re-install windows.. help please

If you have a legal copy of Windows then you should ring the nearest
Microsoft office and ask them to assist you. If it is a pirated copy then
you have to live with the problem or replace it with a legal copy.

 

[sandy58]

hi can anyone please help me..i bought a windows cd about 2 years ago andit
was fine..now all of a sudden it keeps asking me to activate windows..i have
tried this and it is saying that the product key is unathourised..so every 30
days i have to re-install windows.. help please

rosena, the same happened to me. I have had my Windows XP Home edition
since when. I regularly do a clean install and now Windows, in all
it's wisdom, refuse to activate by phone/net anything. Now I have no
qualms about using pirate stuff. I paid for my XP disk & it is not
being allowed.

 

[DL]

Well use phone activation, and sort out the problem properly
And unless you are doing things you should'nt on your PC there is no need to
regularly clean install

hi can anyone please help me..i bought a windows cd about 2 years ago and
it
was fine..now all of a sudden it keeps asking me to activate windows..i
have
tried this and it is saying that the product key is unathourised..so every
30
days i have to re-install windows.. help please

rosena, the same happened to me. I have had my Windows XP Home edition
since when. I regularly do a clean install and now Windows, in all
it's wisdom, refuse to activate by phone/net anything. Now I have no
qualms about using pirate stuff. I paid for my XP disk & it is not
being allowed.

 

[Daave]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

 

[sandy58]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"? If so, where does it say this is so? I
bought the WinXP disk. Why can I NOT re-install WinXP as much as I
like?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"? If so, where does it say this is so? I
bought the WinXP disk. Why can I NOT re-install WinXP as much as I
like?

You can. There is no limit, and you can reinstall as often as you need
or want to.

 

[sandy58]

Well use phone activation, and sort out the problem properly
And unless you are doing things you should'nt on your PC there is no needto
regularly clean install




rosena, the same happened to me. I have had my Windows XP Home edition
since when. I regularly do a clean install and now Windows, in all
it's wisdom, refuse to activate by phone/net anything. Now I have no
qualms about using pirate stuff. I paid for my XP disk & it is not
being allowed.

"Well use phone activation, and sort out the problem properly
And unless you are doing things you should'nt on your PC there is no
need to
regularly clean install"
Now what does this statement mean exactly? What am I limited to doing
on MY PC according to YOUR rules? Or rather YOUR understanding of
Microsoft rules, I should say.

 

[sandy58]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"? If so, where does it say this is so? I
bought the WinXP disk. Why can I NOT re-install WinXP as much as I
like?

 

[Tom Willett]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"? If so, where does it say this is so? I
bought the WinXP disk. Why can I NOT re-install WinXP as much as I
like?

You've already been told you can.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Hey DL,

You are jobless and therefore by definition you have no brains. What
gave the right to make rules about what people can do what they can't
do? Is turkey getting into your empty skull? Never mind, it's only a
week to new year and perhaps somebody will feel sorry for you and offer
you a job. You can ask your sister and wife (or girl friend) to join
Peter Foldes' and his family in their professional escort service
business.. They earn about $2,500 per night per person! Your young
sister could command a higher fee for her services.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"? If so, where does it say this is so? I
bought the WinXP disk. Why can I NOT re-install WinXP as much as I
like?

There's no limit to the number of times you can reinstall and
activate the same WinXP license on the same PC. Nor is there ever a
charge. Nor does a Product Key (so long as it's not an evaluation
license) ever expire. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to
activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might
have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


Re-install as often as you like. I've heard of stranger hobbies.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Bruce Chambers]

"Well use phone activation, and sort out the problem properly
And unless you are doing things you should'nt on your PC there is no
need to
regularly clean install"
Now what does this statement mean exactly? What am I limited to doing
on MY PC according to YOUR rules? Or rather YOUR understanding of
Microsoft rules, I should say.

Because there is usually no sound technical reason for reinstalling and
re-activating WinXP so frequently, the phone personnel are probably
having a hard time believing that you're doing so just because it's your
"hobby."



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[ANONYMOUS]

"you're doing so just because it's your "hobby."

Hey Brusy (Most Valuable Pig)

So what is wrong with having a hobby of installing and uninstalling of
software packages on one's machine? Is it a crime to do so?

Has this world gone mad with so many pigs around?

 

[Unknown]

With pigs like you, yes indeed the world has gone mad. Or, perhaps it's only
Englishmen?
When are you going to cease trying to impress people by acting like an ass?

 

[Bill Sharpe]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

True enough, Dave. I've done one clean install in 26 years of owning
computers. Of course, the first MS-DOS machines, with just two floppy
drives for file input, essentially consisted of a clean install every
time you turned the computer on. Originally I had to enter the date and
time at each startup.

Still, to each his own. I can't quite figure out why Sandy can't
activate by phone, though.

Bill

 

[Daave]

If you "regularly do a clean install," you're doing it wrong...

[/QUOTE]

So are you saying that there is a limit on how many times one is
allowed to "clean install"?

I am not saying that at all. As Ken and Bruce correctly stated, there is
no limit to the number of times you may perform reinstallations. If a
reinstall is done withing 120 days of the last one, automatic activation
over the Internet will not occur, though. (The same thing will happen if
you change too many hardware components simultaneously.) What this means
is you need to activate over the telephone. Your line "refuse to
activate by phone/net anything" doesn't contain enough information, but
I'm sure that could be addressed in another thread if you so wish.

Here is my statement again:

Although the license allows one to do so, no one should ever have to
regularly perform Clean Installs. The "you're doing it wrong" meme was a
lame attempt at humor, I suppose (since no one apparently got the joke).

Many people wind up doing this for one or two of the following reasons:

1. They don't practice safe hex, so they are forever getting infected
with malware.

2. They mistakenly believe it is the only way to improve performance.

Also, if you were to image your hard drive once the Clean Install is
done (actually, after it has been activated and updated and all your
programs installed with the desired configurations), you would *never*
have to perform a Clean Install again.

That is, all you would need to do is restore the image and you would get
the equivalent of a Clean Install Plus, with this bonus: it would
already be activated!

 

[Daave]

True enough, Dave. I've done one clean install in 26 years of owning
computers. Of course, the first MS-DOS machines, with just two floppy
drives for file input, essentially consisted of a clean install every
time you turned the computer on. Originally I had to enter the date
and time at each startup.

Still, to each his own. I can't quite figure out why Sandy can't
activate by phone, though.

I am sure if he starts a new thread, we could help him figure it out.
Then again, he may be more interested in "using pirate stuff."

 

[Daave]

I am not saying that at all. As Ken and Bruce correctly stated, there
is no limit to the number of times you may perform reinstallations.
If a reinstall is done within 120 days of the last one, automatic
activation over the Internet will not occur, though. (The same thing
will happen if you change too many hardware components
simultaneously.) What this means is you need to activate over the
telephone. Your line "refuse to activate by phone/net anything"
doesn't contain enough information, but I'm sure that could be
addressed in another thread if you so wish.
Here is my statement again:


Although the license allows one to do so, no one should ever have to
regularly perform Clean Installs. The "you're doing it wrong" meme
was a lame attempt at humor, I suppose (since no one apparently got
the joke).

(Except Bill. )

 

[HeyBub]

"Well use phone activation, and sort out the problem properly
And unless you are doing things you should'nt on your PC there is no
need to
regularly clean install"
Now what does this statement mean exactly? What am I limited to doing
on MY PC according to YOUR rules? Or rather YOUR understanding of
Microsoft rules, I should say.

Yes, they are Microsoft's (implied) rules, to which you agreed when you
purchased the software.