WinXP Home Edition Activation Limit

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Hi,

I recently installed WinXP SP2 Home Edition on another
computer, and I
had no trouble activating it. Note: This is the second time I
activated
WinXP.

Is there a limit to how many times you can activate WinXP?

Legally? The limit is one activation. From a practical standpoint as
long as you are willing to wait long enough between activations (ISTM
it resets after a few months), then you can activate as many as you
like.

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[Peter Foldes]

That's because it's been over 120 days since your last activation/hardware
update. Try reinstalling it on your original computer. It won't activate.
You are, of course, in violation of the EULA if that bothers you.

He is migrating from Linux so the concept of EULA is not something he would
understand. By the way, you seem to have mastered this concept from windows
newsgroups so are you grateful to us for educating you?

 

[jaugustine]

Hi,

I recently installed WinXP SP2 Home Edition on another computer, and I
had no trouble activating it. Note: This is the second time I activated
WinXP.

Is there a limit to how many times you can activate WinXP?

Thank You in Advance, John

PS, Remove "ine" from my email address

 

[Peter Foldes]

You're a liar and a scumbag until you apologize for accusing me of theft.

Alias

That is not me you idiot. Look at the Properties and see the forged headers and his
time zone (UK). You been attacking me lately when I have not posted anything
concerning you. Now he is posting with XP and sometimes with a W2K3

It is the Troll BoaterDave A.K.A. BD who is doing it. I have a very bad issue with
him and he is playing games with me on 4 different servers

BTW: I ignored your previous attacks knowing as per above but not this time
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[VanguardLH]

I recently installed WinXP SP2 Home Edition on another computer, and I
had no trouble activating it.

So how many *concurrent* installation of the same license do you have
installed? How many installations does your license allow? Typically
its one computer per license.

Note: This is the second time I activated WinXP. Is there a limit to
how many times you can activate WinXP?

No limit but you may end up having to call Microsoft to reactivate.
After so many activations, the online process will fail and you have to
call the tech support phone number given at the end of the activation
wizard. You then talk to a Microsoft rep who will decide if you are
allowed another activation. How many online activations are allowed
before you get stuck with phone activations depends on the version and
edition of Windows and where you purchased it. However, you only asked
about activation, so whether it is online (automatic via the wizard) or
having to use a phone rep, nope, there is no limit as long as you can
reasonably prove you have a right to THAT license of their product and
haven't exceeded its threshold for the number of concurrent installs.

There may be an implied limit by date expiration. Windows XP extended
support ends 4/8/2014 (just 3 years away). Could be that phone support
(for activation) will cease when extended support ceases (unless they
continue it as a charged service). It's not likely that Microsoft will
release some update that will disable all of WGA and you no longer have
to activate their over 12-year operating system.

Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Diagnostic Tool:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012

This spews out tons of data. I've never used it to bother investigating
what all of it means. There is also:

Genuine Microsft Software - Diagnostic Suite
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/
(you have to allow installation of ActiveX controls)

Again, never needed to use it. You can also visit the WGA forums at:

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/genuine

PS, Remove "ine" from my email address

That should go in a signature (i.e., after the "-- \n" sigdash line).

 

[Peter Foldes]

Oh, sorry. I don't read headers much.

You should Alias. Especially when my postings seems out of character . You know me
now for quite a few number of years and you should be able to tell

Thanks
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[BillW50]

In

Legally? The limit is one activation. From a practical standpoint as
long as you are willing to wait long enough between activations (ISTM
it resets after a few months), then you can activate as many as you
like.

Sounds like you are advocating piracy! :-O

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

In

Sounds like you are advocating piracy! :-O

Nope, not advocating piracy, merely answering the question - or did
you miss the part where I stated the legal aspect?

 

[dadiOH]

Nope, not advocating piracy, merely answering the question - or did
you miss the part where I stated the legal aspect?

You should have mentioned that it is only illegal to activate on one machine
*at a time*. You can install/activate as many times as you wish as long as
it is only on one machine at a time (or is not OEM and tied to a particular
machine).

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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

You should have mentioned that it is only illegal to activate on one
machine *at a time*. You can install/activate as many times as you
wish as long as it is only on one machine at a time (or is not OEM
and tied to a particular machine).

True, I should have, and thanks for clarifying it for future readers -
although in my defense, the context from the OP was multiple machines,
so I hope you'll forgive my lapse

 

[KXKVI]

No. If internet activation doesn't work, you can use the phone
method.

 

[kerneldebugger]

No. If internet activation doesn't work, you can use the phone
method.

There is a limit after which Microsoft will not permit automatic activation
without you calling the number provided. I believe that number is 50.

After that number you will never get an automatic activation, a popup
will say that you have activated this too many times; so use the phone,
read off about 50 characters to the recorder, do what she says, type in
the new code, and it will activate.
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