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Is there a way to deactivate an XP install so the product key can be used again (legally)?
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Haus
Hello
There is no way to deactivate XP
You can uninstall it and then install it on a different or even the same
computer as long as it is a retail version and not an OEM version.
OEM versions must stay on the same machine it was originally installed.
1 license (key code) = 1 computer
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Haus
Not a MS-MVP
Not a MVP
Not nothing, just a good ole boy.
There is no way to deactivate XP
You can uninstall it and then install it on a different or even the same
computer as long as it is a retail version and not an OEM version.
OEM versions must stay on the same machine it was originally installed.
1 license (key code) = 1 computer
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Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MS-MVP
Not a MVP
Not nothing, just a good ole boy.
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Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)
Just to add to Haus's comments in this thread, when you activate XP on the
new computer, unless it has been more than 120 days since it was activated
on the previous system, you will be prompted with a phone number to call.
Just tell them what you've done and they will give you a new activation code
over the phone.
new computer, unless it has been more than 120 days since it was activated
on the previous system, you will be prompted with a phone number to call.
Just tell them what you've done and they will give you a new activation code
over the phone.
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Harry Ohrn
Alex Nichol has straightforward information on Windows Product Activation
here http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
here http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
There is no "de-activation" process, as such.
Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on, and install
it onto the new one. 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
Bruce Chambers
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Help us help you:
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There is no "de-activation" process, as such.
Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on, and install
it onto the new one. 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
Bruce Chambers
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Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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Michael Stevens
Ronn said:Is there a way to deactivate an XP install so the product key can be
used again (legally)?
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
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How do I deactivate, move to another computer or sell a previously activated
XP?
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#how2
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