Product registering & activation

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I've just purchased Win XP home ed. recently, regeristed & activated it. I'll be upgrading my HDD in the near furure so I'll need to format it in reinstall the operating system. Will I have to reregister & reactivate my copy of XP so that I can continue receiving on-line updates? or will I receive a message telling me that I'm using pirated software?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Alex Nichol]

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I've just purchased Win XP home ed. recently, regeristed & activated it. I'll be upgrading my HDD in the
near furure so I'll need to format it in reinstall the operating system. Will I have to reregister &
reactivate my copy of XP so that I can continue receiving on-line updates? or will I receive a message telling
me that I'm using pirated software?

 

[wayne]

You should have no problem worst case you will need to call !

Wayne

I've just purchased Win XP home ed. recently, regeristed & activated it.

I'll be upgrading my HDD in the near furure so I'll need to format it in
reinstall the operating system. Will I have to reregister & reactivate my
copy of XP so that I can continue receiving on-line updates? or will I
receive a message telling me that I'm using pirated software?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You'll naturally have to re-activate WinXP after reinstalling it,
but this shouldn't be a problem. 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

Registration is, as it has always been, entirely voluntary, and
need not be accomplished again.


Bruce Chambers

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I've just purchased Win XP home ed. recently, regeristed & activated

it. I'll be upgrading my HDD in the near furure so I'll need to format
it in reinstall the operating system. Will I have to reregister &
reactivate my copy of XP so that I can continue receiving on-line
updates? or will I receive a message telling me that I'm using pirated
software?