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Is there a way to find out if Windows XP was activated?
I just had to setup a new Gateway PC with XP Home version and I told it to
register to both Gateway and Microsoft but I did not get any screen that told
me everything went through OK.
 
You can open the Windows Product Activation wizard by
clicking Start, then Run, and type in: oobe/msoobe /a , then hit enter.

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| Is there a way to find out if Windows XP was activated?
| I just had to setup a new Gateway PC with XP Home version and I told it to
| register to both Gateway and Microsoft but I did not get any screen that told
| me everything went through OK.
 
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Jeffrey said:
Is there a way to find out if Windows XP was activated?
I just had to setup a new Gateway PC with XP Home version and I told
it to register to both Gateway and Microsoft but I did not get any
screen that told me everything went through OK.
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On a new OEM computer like Gateway, you do not have to activate. The
activation has already been done by Gateway. What you did was register with
Gateway and Microsoft and neither are mandatory with the Gateway
registration being more important than the MS registration. You will not get
an activation confirmation screen when you register.

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Thanks that is exactly what I needed to know.

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On a new OEM computer like Gateway, you do not have to activate. The
activation has already been done by Gateway. What you did was register with
Gateway and Microsoft and neither are mandatory with the Gateway
registration being more important than the MS registration. You will not get
an activation confirmation screen when you register.

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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
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