Windows XP activation

[Guest]

When i bought my pc about 2 years ago windows xp already came installed. Well
recently my computers motherboard and hard drive died, so i bought a new one
along with a video card. After i installed windows xp it said i need to
activate it in 30 days. Heres my problem the activation doesnt work with my
cd key, it just tells me i mis-typed it. Is there anything i can do to get
it to work? I mean when i bought the pc none of this was ever asked.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Was this a vendor-supplied CD? It may be locked to the original hardware.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Bruce Chambers]

When i bought my pc about 2 years ago windows xp already
came installed. Well recently my computers motherboard
and hard drive died, so i bought a new one along with a
video card. After i installed windows xp it said i need
to activate it in 30 days. Heres my problem the
activation doesnt work with my cd key, it just tells me i
mis-typed it. Is there anything i can do to get it to
work? I mean when i bought the pc none of this was ever
asked.

Unless you obtained the replacement motherboard from the PC's
original manufacturer, the odds are that the OEM CD you have will not
work.


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[WinGuy]

When i bought my pc about 2 years ago windows xp already came installed. Well
recently my computers motherboard and hard drive died, so i bought a new one
along with a video card. After i installed windows xp it said i need to
activate it in 30 days. Heres my problem the activation doesnt work with my
cd key, it just tells me i mis-typed it. Is there anything i can do to get
it to work? I mean when i bought the pc none of this was ever asked.

You must contact your OEM that you got the computer from, if they are the
ones that gave you the new motherboard (else they will not help you). A new
MB is considered a new computer, the original license that came from the OEM
is no longer valid and MS does not support OEM CD's. The alternative is to
buy the FULL (not an upgrade) version of XP, let it partition and format
during install. Your old OEM installation/recovery CD's are no longer a
valid licensed version. You might (and might not) be able to use the old OEM
applications install CD after you get XP up and licensed. Don't forget to
turn on your built-in XP firewall, at the very least, before you pjysically
connect to the internet for the very first time. And do do all the updates.
Set a system restore point before you install any driver updates.