Installing windows xp Activation

[david.ferguson0]

Hi after reinstalling windows xp it will not let me log on because it
tells me I haven't activated it yet. but it won't let me get any of my
drivers etc installed so I can activate it over the internet. I know I
can phone them and carry out the activation that way but I was just
wondering why it would behave like this.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

If you didn't activate in a matter of 30 days you will get this message or
blocking you to login, which I think this what happen in your scenario, Am I
Right?.

 

[david.ferguson0]

If you didn't activate in a matter of 30 days you will get this message or
blocking you to login, which I think this what happen in your scenario, Am I
Right?.

No my copy was activated but my hard disk got corrupt and I had to use
a replacement hard disk. It was a clean install on a slightly used but
freshly fdisked and formatted harddisk. Yes it's blocking the login. I
just can't fathom out why it went belly up.

 

[Guest]

No my copy was activated but my hard disk got corrupt and I had to use
a replacement hard disk. It was a clean install on a slightly used but
freshly fdisked and formatted harddisk. Yes it's blocking the login. I
just can't fathom out why it went belly up.

David,
You have one of this machine which been locked for a particular Hardwares
and when you changed the HDD you violated the License agreement with this
Manfr, am I right here?.
HTH.
please tell us more about your OS and what kind of License you have or
Machine.
Regards,
nass

 

[Guest]

Well you would have got 30 days time to activate i believe.. Now you have to
activate it using phone.. there aint any other option left...

Regards
Ahmad
Microsoft Student Partner - India

 

[david.ferguson0]

It's a copy of windows xp professional single user licese on a machine
I built myself it's amd 1.6 with nvidia geforce graphics card in it.
The os has only ever been used on this machine and the hard disk was
one that one of my friends was no longer using