Changes in WPA?

[Peter K.]

Hi,

I did an new install of XP a week ago over one a year old with new
hardware. No problems with WPA with that one. Then I reinstalled again
a few days later with no hardware changes except addition of a second
HDD. When I tried to activate, I received an error "too many
activations." This is the second computer this has happened on.

Any changes in the WPA policy? Why is this happening when I did not
substantially change any hardware?

Yes, I can telephone (long distance only) they gave me a toll free
number in the USA - I don't think I can reach that from Thailand as
1-800 numbers are generally unreachable and the 'local' telephone
number they gave me is in Singapore!.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

No changes, what you describe sometimes happens when multiple activations in
a short period of time.
Nothing you can do except activate by phone.

In the future wait about 3 weeks before activating to help be sure all is OK
and a reinstall is not necessary.
Then if there are problems, you still have a week to figure it out.