how do you "deactivate" a windows xp program?

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my computer came with xp and a few days ago it started acting up
seriously, so i formatted the harddrive and reinstalled xp. when i
tried to activate it it said that the key had been used to many times.
i asked my brother if he has installed it on his computer and he said
he has with the same disk. i know that thats illegal. how can i
"deactivate" his windows xp program on his machine and reactivate mine?


holydirt
 
holydirt said:
my computer came with xp and a few days ago it started acting up
seriously, so i formatted the harddrive and reinstalled xp. when i
tried to activate it it said that the key had been used to many times.
i asked my brother if he has installed it on his computer and he said
he has with the same disk. i know that thats illegal. how can i
"deactivate" his windows xp program on his machine and reactivate
mine?


holydirt
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How do I deactivate, move to another computer or sell a previously activated
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