XP Home Activation

[Guest]

This was the message I sent to Microsofts Licensing sub-contractors, who
fobbed me off with a contact microsoft response! Anyone encountered this
before/know where I should go from here?
Thanks

Hi,

I purchased a single-user copy of Windows XP Home Edition with my new PC

around 2 1/2 years ago. On several occasions I have had to reinstall

windows after reformatting my hard drive, either due to infection with

viruses (which Norton, my virus software fails to find/clean), or simply due

to a change in my use of the PC, for example, when many of the programs and

files on my PC became redundant. to clean the hard drive thoroughly and

"start again!" I have recently (yesterday) reformatted again, and

reinstalled Windows, however, my acitvation code is now being rejected as it

has apparently been used too many times. As far as I see it, it is my

prerogative to reinstall Windows on my machine as frequently as I like, and

given the current level of virus/spyware infection that is currently

difficult to avoid using the internet, and given that it is only on my own

single PC that I do, so I am emailing to request a replacement activation

code/the renewal of my ability to use my current activation code.

I enclose the Product Key on my Certificate of Authenticity, if you require

any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.



Thankyou in anticipation of your swift action and response,





Alex Young





Product Key: FDHDH-PH97T-X37GC-TR7BF-6M6Q8

 

[Gordon]

This was the message I sent to Microsofts Licensing sub-contractors,
who fobbed me off with a contact microsoft response! Anyone
encountered this before/know where I should go from here?
Thanks

Hi,

I purchased a single-user copy of Windows XP Home Edition with my new
PC

around 2 1/2 years ago. On several occasions I have had to reinstall

windows after reformatting my hard drive, either due to infection with

viruses (which Norton, my virus software fails to find/clean), or
simply due

to a change in my use of the PC, for example, when many of the
programs and

files on my PC became redundant. to clean the hard drive thoroughly
and

"start again!" I have recently (yesterday) reformatted again, and

reinstalled Windows, however, my acitvation code is now being
rejected as it

has apparently been used too many times. As far as I see it, it is my

prerogative to reinstall Windows on my machine as frequently as I
like, and

given the current level of virus/spyware infection that is currently

difficult to avoid using the internet, and given that it is only on
my own

single PC that I do, so I am emailing to request a replacement
activation

code/the renewal of my ability to use my current activation code.

I enclose the Product Key on my Certificate of Authenticity, if you
require

any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.



Thankyou in anticipation of your swift action and response,

You should have rung the TOLL-FREE activation phone number

Alex Young





Product Key: <snipped>

You have now allowed a legitimate key to be copied by all the pirates in the
world! What a DORK!

 

[Richard Hay]

Well your license key will now be free game all over the world! It is
definitely going to use up its activations in a heartbeat.

I would recommend against posting that type of info in a public forum like
this.

If you call and explain what is happening it will usually get addressed - I
have never had a problem with the phone calls to activate when I have had to
do that.

However, as mentioned above - this key is worthless now as it is going to
propagate everywhere.


--
Richard Hay
http://AnotherWin95.com

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Alex;
NEVER post your Product Key publicly unless you are in the habit of passing
$100 bills to strangers you happen to pass.
Your key is now just about everywhere and you have greatly increased toe
probability of having similar problems when you need to activate in the
future.

To solve your original problem, simply choose the option to call for
activation.
Call Microsoft at the displayed number, normally done in about 5 minutes.

 

[Richard Urban]

Can one really be so, for a lack of a better word, naive (actually I have a
better word but decided against using it).

I hope you have come to realize that you have not sent a message to
Microsoft, but posted the information on a Peer - to - Peer news group. That
is where anyone in the world can view your message, and attempt to give you
answers to your questions. In other words - no security and no privacy!

Your install key has, by this time, been viewed, and likely copied, by
thousands of individuals (many of whom will post it on their web sites for
thousands more to use) who will use it to install Windows XP Home on their
own computer.

You may as well take your current CD and license key and toss them in the
trash bin, for all they are worth at this time.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Richard Hay]

Actually keep the CD and call MS to purchase a new license for it - your
going to need it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.mspx

 

[Gary]

Ha!

Looks like a good time to upgrade to XP Pro.

Don't forget to post that key also (wink wink nod nod)

 

[Nick Goetz]

Subject: Re: what do i need the DNS service for?
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Nick Goetzwrote:

(e-mail address removed) (law24) wrote in

JuJuBeedwrote:
Don't worry. I got your post, understood it just fine, and the
others need
to go find the whole thread instead of sidetracking you with
comments that
have nothing to do with the topic.

However, I have turned off the DNS service (put it on Disable)
and
my
internet still works fine. Are you telling me that on your
computer
if you
disable this service, your internet browsing stops?


Gordonwrote:
law24 wrote:
DNS is a necessary service. It is how IE and anything else you
use to
type a name in resolves names to an IP address. For instance if
you turned off this service and typed in www.yahoo.com in your
browser it
would be unable to find it (you would have to actually put in
the ip
address). Hope this answers your question.

As you didn't quote the post you were replying to, we don't
know
what
the
question WAS.

I was replying to the original question which is what i thought
the topic was about. I am new to this board but not new to
posting. Thanks for the info i will quote going forward.
[/quote:18c43620d2]

No I am not saying Internet Browsing stops. I was stating in
general what DNS does. Basically your system will cache DNS with
this service on in laymans terms that means it will remember who
www.yahoo.com is and find it faster, with the service off each
and every time you go to a website your computer will have to
query the actual public (or internal depending on your current
setup) DNS servers you are using to find out who www.yahoo.com
is or whatever address you are trying to reach. The service is
not necessary to browse sorry if my post sounded like that. Hope
this makes sense. Here is Microsofts simple explanation "Note
The overall performance of the client computer decreases and the
network traffic for DNS queries increases if the DNS resolver
cache is deactivated. "

[/quote:baa844d611]
Nice "backpeddle"
"if you turned off this service and typed in www.yahoo.com in
your
browser it would be unable to find it"

NG[/quote:baa844d611]


Far from a backpeddle. In the context of the parameters I was
speaking of it would not find www.yahoo.com you would have to
put in the ip address. I then also stated that I did not say
browsing would stop which is the point I was trying to get
across! Browsing stopping and DNS resolving are two different
things. I do not want to get in a war of semantics here I was
merely trying to help someone. I guess if being negative is your
thing then Enjoy! I will stick to helping people.

Sounds like you were talking about two separate but related topics:

You stated:
"DNS is a necessary service. It is how IE and anything else you
use to type a name in resolves names to an IP address. For instance
if you turned off this service and typed in www.yahoo.com in your
browser it would be unable to find it (you would have to actually put
in the ip address). Hope this answers your question."


DNS (Domain Name System) - not a listed service in services.msc
Windows XP and cannot be "turned off" by a user in the services snap-
in.

DNS Seems to be what you describe correctly in part of your post

DNS Client Service - a listed service in services.msc that can be
turned off in most "home" use situations without negative impact.
By implication, I assumed this one to be the topic of this post.
If it is, then your statements prior to your "backpeddle" were
incorrect.

Sorry if I misunderstood your replies.

NG