Windows Xp require re-activation after 60 days of no connection?

[Larry]

I'm doing a Network Evaluation for a company and they told me something that
I've never heard before.

They have an internal test lab that is not connected to the internet. They
say tha they cannot use Windows XP on those machines because after 60 days,
the operating system shuts down and forces them to re-activate the product.

Is this really the case? If so, how can it be turned off so they can use XP
in a testing environment.

Thanks,

Larry

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Windows XP always requires a activation. Whether it is for productivity or
testing it has to be activated.

Regards
M. Rajesh
..Net and Windows Shell MVP
www.winxpsolution.com.

 

[Larry]

Windows XP was activated upon install. They are saying after activation,
they move the machine to an internal lab that will never be connected to the
internet. After 60 days, they say that the machine asks for re-activation,
even though they have already successfully activated once.

Larry

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello Larry,
Unless they change the hardware or are creating some other changes that are
causing this, there isn't anything that should cause the machine to require
to be re-activated after 60 days.
What media are the customers using?
You can look at in the Application Event logs to see when the product was
activated and when it promtps for activation.
You can look at the setuplot.txt file to check the initial activation and
subsequent activation attempts.
There is no media that reacts like this. Something is happening to this
systems, that is causing these machine to request to activate again. The
trick is going to be figuring out what is happening to these machines.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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[Greg R]

Anyone heard of Volume Licensing, this does not require activation.
If they got alot of computers.

However, if 2000/nt does the job. Then it still ok to use that.

No one say you have to use xp.


Greg R


http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

 

[Alex Nichol]

Windows XP was activated upon install. They are saying after activation,
they move the machine to an internal lab that will never be connected to the
internet. After 60 days, they say that the machine asks for re-activation,
even though they have already successfully activated once.

This sounds to me as if they are using an XP that is on an MSDN license
*for evaluation and test* and are trying to use it outside the license
in a production environment

 

[Larry]

Thanks guys.

Larry

Hello Larry,
Unless they change the hardware or are creating some other changes that
are
causing this, there isn't anything that should cause the machine to
require
to be re-activated after 60 days.
What media are the customers using?
You can look at in the Application Event logs to see when the product was
activated and when it promtps for activation.
You can look at the setuplot.txt file to check the initial activation and
subsequent activation attempts.
There is no media that reacts like this. Something is happening to this
systems, that is causing these machine to request to activate again. The
trick is going to be figuring out what is happening to these machines.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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Windows XP was activated upon install. They are saying after activation,
they move the machine to an internal lab that will never be connected to the
internet. After 60 days, they say that the machine asks for
re-activation,
even though they have already successfully activated once.

Larry