Registering Windows XP

[Christian]

HELLO MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. I RESENTLY BOUGHT A NEW
NOTEBOOK WITH XP ON IT. MY WIFE DID NOT REGISTER IT WHEN
IT ASKED HER TO AT THE BEGGINING OF SETTING IT UP. I
ASKED THE CLERK AT THE STORE AND HE SAID IT WAS NOT
NECESSARY TO REGISTER IT. BUT I HAD TO REGISTER IT ON MY
PC. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME AND GIVE ME
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS. THANK YOU.

 

[Chris Lanier]

First, please dont type in ALL CAPS, this is considered yelling.

Second, Registering Windows XP is opitional. but "Activating" is required.

 

[Nicholas]

Registration: Start > Run and type: REGWIZ /R , and hit enter.


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Nicholas

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| HELLO MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. I RESENTLY BOUGHT A NEW
| NOTEBOOK WITH XP ON IT. MY WIFE DID NOT REGISTER IT WHEN
| IT ASKED HER TO AT THE BEGGINING OF SETTING IT UP. I
| ASKED THE CLERK AT THE STORE AND HE SAID IT WAS NOT
| NECESSARY TO REGISTER IT. BUT I HAD TO REGISTER IT ON MY
| PC. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME AND GIVE ME
| INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS. THANK YOU.

 

[Chris Lanier]

307890 - HOW TO: Activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307890

 

[Ken Blake]

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HELLO MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. I RESENTLY BOUGHT A NEW
NOTEBOOK WITH XP ON IT. MY WIFE DID NOT REGISTER IT WHEN
IT ASKED HER TO AT THE BEGGINING OF SETTING IT UP. I
ASKED THE CLERK AT THE STORE AND HE SAID IT WAS NOT
NECESSARY TO REGISTER IT. BUT I HAD TO REGISTER IT ON MY
PC. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME AND GIVE ME
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS. THANK YOU.

First of all, please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you
type normally, in mixed case.

The clerk is correct. Registration is *never* required. You may
be confusing registration with activation, which *is* required.

If your notebook came with XP already on it, it was probably
pre-activated. If it needed to be activated, it would continually
prompt you to do so.