XP Activation

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I am running XP Home and activated from a clean install. Now, it is telling
me I have 7 days to activate.

I have reformatted a few times in the past and never came across this.

Any idea why I am getting this message?
 
Ryan said:
I am running XP Home and activated from a clean install. Now, it is telling
me I have 7 days to activate.

I have reformatted a few times in the past and never came across this.

Any idea why I am getting this message?
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What happens when you activate?

Alias
 
Same computer? Same machine? Same hardware?

Ryan said:
I am running XP Home and activated from a clean install. Now, it is telling
me I have 7 days to activate.

I have reformatted a few times in the past and never came across this.

Any idea why I am getting this message?
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It says it's been activated. Then it will still prompt for activation when I
log on.
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If you've done more than one format/install, as I recall,
some copies of XP only allow so many installs before the
activation is no good anymore.

Then you have to call the Microsoft god and ask that they
bless you with a re-activation.


My own advice to you is to get onto eBay and look for a copy
of XP Pro (yes they have legal copies of XP) that doesn't
require activation.

Mine doesn't.

And it's legal.

(believe it or not, since they're virtually free to burn,
Microsoft wholesales even XP by the gross, like to
educational or scientific institutions)


I required a legal copy of XP Pro for less than $60 on eBay.



Good luck!


Tallahassee
 
Possible solution:

Boot into "Safe Mode" by pressing F8 during the boot cycle.

Go to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 regwizc.dll , and hit enter.
Then go again to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 licdll.dll , and hit enter again.

Apparently, the above files became unregistered due to malware
or registry corruption.

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| I am running XP Home and activated from a clean install. Now, it is telling
| me I have 7 days to activate.
|
| I have reformatted a few times in the past and never came across this.
|
| Any idea why I am getting this message?
 
If you've done more than one format/install, as I recall,
some copies of XP only allow so many installs before the
activation is no good anymore.

Then you have to call the Microsoft god and ask that they
bless you with a re-activation.


My own advice to you is to get onto eBay and look for a copy
of XP Pro (yes they have legal copies of XP) that doesn't
require activation.

Mine doesn't.

And it's legal.

(believe it or not, since they're virtually free to burn,
Microsoft wholesales even XP by the gross, like to
educational or scientific institutions)


I required a legal copy of XP Pro for less than $60 on eBay.
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NOT LEGAL. Volume Licenses ( that's what you're pirating) are only valid
to be installed on computers owned by the Volume License holder. They
cannot be resold, copied, given away or any other distribution method
that might come to mind.
 
Talahasee said:
If you've done more than one format/install, as I recall,
some copies of XP only allow so many installs before the
activation is no good anymore.
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No, that's not at all true. There's no limit to the number of times
you can reinstall and activate the same WinXP license on the same PC.
Nor is there ever a charge. Nor does a Product Key (so long as it's not
an evaluation license) ever expire. If it's been more than 120 days
since you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely
be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been
less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

Then you have to call the Microsoft god and ask that they
bless you with a re-activation.
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Pure nonsense. Under most circumstances, telephone activation is
necessary for a retail or generic OEM copy only if it's already been
recently (withing the past 120 days) activated, and for an OEM copy from
a major OEM (Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq, etc) that isn't BIOS-locked.

My own advice to you is to get onto eBay and look for a copy
of XP Pro (yes they have legal copies of XP) that doesn't
require activation.
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Rather poor advice. One must be very careful buying any software on
eBay, as eBay makes no prior effort to ensure that such sales are
legitimate; they react only when someone files a complaint. (And then
all that really happens is the seller of the pirated software returns
using a different alias, to continue selling illegitimate licenses.)

Mine doesn't.

And it's legal.
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That's a contradiction. Any WinXP license that could possibly be sold
legitimately via eBay would require activation. You're either lying, or
using pirated software. There is no third possibility.


(believe it or not, since they're virtually free to burn,
Microsoft wholesales even XP by the gross, like to
educational or scientific institutions)
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That's not at all accurate, either. Educational institutions purchase
Volume Licenses, with a limited number of installation media, but these
cannot be resold or transferred.

I required a legal copy of XP Pro for less than $60 on eBay.
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Too bad you didn't get one.

Also, you've been corrected before when you've posted this same
incorrect information; why do you persist in spreading such lies?



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These legal copies that require no activation, are they referred as something
else? I want to be able to identify them when I search on Ebay.

Thanks
 
Ryan said:
These legal copies that require no activation, are they referred as something
else?
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They aren't legal.

I want to be able to identify them when I search on Ebay.
Thanks
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If you follow "Talahasee's" advice, you're a fool. Talahasee is a troll
who is either nuts or enjoys giving advice that will hurt users or both.

Alias
 
Talahasee said:
If you've done more than one format/install, as I recall,
some copies of XP only allow so many installs before the
activation is no good anymore.

Then you have to call the Microsoft god and ask that they
bless you with a re-activation.


My own advice to you is to get onto eBay and look for a copy
of XP Pro (yes they have legal copies of XP) that doesn't
require activation.

Mine doesn't.

And it's legal.

(believe it or not, since they're virtually free to burn,
Microsoft wholesales even XP by the gross, like to
educational or scientific institutions)


I required a legal copy of XP Pro for less than $60 on eBay.
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This is total BS. There is no such thing as a "legal" copy of Windows that
does not require activation. What the warez idiots calls the "corporate"
version does not exist.

You have an *ILLEGAL* VLK version of Windows.

If you are not the original purchaser of the VLK, then you are running an
illegal copy of Windows. Just because it does not require activation does
not make it legal.

It is because of clueless idiots like you that the prices of software have
to be kept high, to make up for the stolen goods that morons like you use.

Get a conscience.

Bobby
 
Alias said:
What happens when you activate?

Alias
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Has it been activated before?
If yes, then you will need to call Microsoft's activation
line at 888-571-2048 (in the US), or overseas at the number
given in the dialog when you choose call.
 
Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
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There is some misleading information in the AUMHA Nichols faq -- please
note my comment below.
Under most circumstances, telephone activation is necessary for a
retail or generic OEM copy only if it's already been recently (withing
the past 120 days) activated, and for an OEM copy from a major OEM
(Dell, Gateway, HP/Compaq, etc) that isn't BIOS-locked.
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Just to clarify: re-installing, including a repair installation, using
the product installation key on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
pasted on the side of your computer by the OEM (original equipment
manufacturer, e.g. Dell or HP), will >always< result in your having to
call a Microsoft representative, as part of the activation process.

Using the Windows XP operating system media provided by the OEM for a
repair installation may not require the use of the installation key from
the COA, but if you have to use an installation key, you will have to
call Microsoft. Internet activation will not work, ever.

Rampant stealing of COA installation keys resulted in a change of
policy, which, essentially, turned off internet activation of OEM COA
installation keys. When the change of policy was initiated in March
2005, only the top 20 OEMs were affected, but since then most all OEM
COAs have been brought under the policy. The installation key on the
COA is still valid for the computer on which it is legitimately pasted,
but you have to call to complete activation.

The AUMHA faq by the late, great Alex Nichols, cited above, seems to say
that the COA product installation key is no longer valid, or will not be
honored, and that the owner of a computer, has to get repair or
replacements from the original manufacturer. This is not true.

The major OEMs do not use the COA product installation key for the
original factory installation, which is accomplished using an
installation key with the activation properties of a volume license key.
Unless the owner has to do a reinstallation, the COA product key is
never used at all. The COA product installation key is not
"bios-locked", but if the owner/user has to use it for a repair
installation or a re-installation, he or she will have to call a
Microsoft representative as part of the activation process to answer
some questions.

Generally, the Microsoft representative will ask for the product
installation key, for the make and model of the computer, and for name
of the merchant where the computer (or OEM copy of Windows XP) was
acquired, as well as, whether this is the first time the installation
key has been used, and whether this is the only computer on which it has
been used.
 
B J W wrote:

The AUMHA faq by the late, great Alex Nichols, cited above, seems to say
that the COA product installation key is no longer valid, or will not be
honored, and that the owner of a computer, has to get repair or
replacements from the original manufacturer. This is not true.
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Yes, I'm surprised Alex got that bit wrong. Oh well, it's still a good
general reference.





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for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry
 
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