Why cant i activate windows?

[rockstarr0105]

I had to recently install windows due to viruses but i am unable to
"activate windows" what can i do without having to call and BUY a new
activation #, and because of it, i cant install some of my programs....
Can anyone Help???


THX

 

[Malke]

I had to recently install windows due to viruses but i am unable to
"activate windows" what can i do without having to call and BUY a new
activation #, and because of it, i cant install some of my
programs.... Can anyone Help???

What does "unable to activate windows" mean exactly? What happens when
you try? If you have a pirated version of XP, then you must replace it
with a legal version. There is no way around this. If you are having
other issues with your legal version, call the phone number provided
during the activation process.

Malke

 

[Alias]

What does "unable to activate windows" mean exactly? What happens when
you try? If you have a pirated version of XP, then you must replace it
with a legal version.

If the OP had a properly pirated version, there would be no problem as
pirated versions come already activated.

There is no way around this. If you are having
other issues with your legal version, call the phone number provided
during the activation process.

Malke

Why should someone have to do that? One buys the software and then one
has to prove to MS -- twice -- that one bought it. Meanwhile, the
crackers just laugh. I put WPA and WGA in the same category as Sony's
latest rootkit fiasco.

Alias

 

[Richard Urban]

With a legal version there is no charge to activate Windows, even if you
have to place a call. If you have a computer from an O.E.M. you now have to
call to activate. It can no longer be done over the internet.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Bruce Chambers]

I had to recently install windows due to viruses but i am unable to
"activate windows" what can i do without having to call and BUY a new
activation #, and because of it, i cant install some of my programs....
Can anyone Help???


THX

What happens when you try? What specific error messages do you get?
What do your system event logs report? What specific troubleshooting
steps have you already taken, and what were the results of each?

No one can help if you don't provide at least a modicum of information.

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[Alias]

With a legal version there is no charge to activate Windows, even if you
have to place a call. If you have a computer from an O.E.M. you now have to
call to activate. It can no longer be done over the internet.

I assume you mean an OEM version from someone like Dell or HP, not a
generic OEM, right?

Alias

 

[Richard Urban]

You are correct Alias. Only from the major players! (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I discovered that the generic OEM versions now have to also call be phone. I
just completed 4 generic OEM installs and the Internet activations were blocked.

 

[David Sewell]

With a legal version there is no charge to activate Windows, even if you
have to place a call. If you have a computer from an O.E.M. you now have to
call to activate. It can no longer be done over the internet.

Err? what?

 

[Richard Urban]

We are speaking of reinstalls. If you had been following the "whole" thread
you would have seen this.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Alias]

I discovered that the generic OEM versions now have to also call be phone. I
just completed 4 generic OEM installs and the Internet activations were blocked.

How nice. Were they reinstalls or first installs?

Alias

 

[Alias]

I discovered that the generic OEM versions now have to also call be phone. I
just completed 4 generic OEM installs and the Internet activations were blocked.

What do you mean by "blocked"?

Alias

 

[Plato]

I had to recently install windows due to viruses but i am unable to
"activate windows" what can i do without having to call and BUY a new
activation #, and because of it, i cant install some of my programs....
Can anyone Help???

You DO NOT HAVE TO BUY a new key. Just make the phone call.