Windows All of a Sudden Wont Validate

[Guest]

Hey everyone,

I bought a copy of Windows XP Pro about 3 months ago from Newegg. Today I
uninstalled my nVidia display driver to reinstall it. (Trying to fix a
video-playing issue.) Anyways, after my computer rebooted and right before I
reinstalled the drivers, Windows pops a message up saying: "Because of
significant changes in hardware, you must revalidate Windows."

Now, its acting as if I have a pirated copy of Windows all of a sudden, and
won't let me validate using my CD-Key or anything.

What do I do?

 

[Guest]

Hey everyone,

I bought a copy of Windows XP Pro about 3 months ago from Newegg. Today I
uninstalled my nVidia display driver to reinstall it. (Trying to fix a
video-playing issue.) Anyways, after my computer rebooted and right before I
reinstalled the drivers, Windows pops a message up saying: "Because of
significant changes in hardware, you must revalidate Windows."

Now, its acting as if I have a pirated copy of Windows all of a sudden, and
won't let me validate using my CD-Key or anything.

What do I do?

 

[Anton Pegan]

Hi Symon,

Usually when hardware is changed Windows XP wants to reactivate.
Unfortunately you removed your driver, but this also happens sometimes. If
you can't activate you operating system over internet, then just call your
local PSS and try activating it by phone. In addition, if the operating
system is not activated, then it cannot be validated also. Here are some
articles about WPA:

Description of Microsoft Product Activation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302806

How to activate Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890/

Regards,

Anton Pegan