xp pro activation

[Akil Abdullah]

how do i activate my copy of windows xp again after i have already done
that.....what i did was change the mother board in my pc and it is telling me
to activate my product and when i try to do that it is saying that i have the
number of times i am allowed to do that has expired but i only did that once
so i need help easy help badly because this is getting too difficult for me
now ........so please all i need it my product to be activated thank you

 

[John John (MVP)]

You will have to use the phone option and activate over the phone, give
them a call and explain your situation and they will help you. If your
Windows XP is an OEM version you may be out of luck.

John

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 06:44:04 -0800, Akil Abdullah <Akil

how do i activate my copy of windows xp again after i have already done
that.....what i did was change the mother board in my pc and it is telling me
to activate my product and when i try to do that it is saying that i have the
number of times i am allowed to do that has expired but i only did that once
so i need help easy help badly because this is getting too difficult for me
now ........so please all i need it my product to be activated thank you

The message about exceeding the number of times is very misleading.
You can't activate automatically, but you can do so by calling the 800
number they give you--it's almost as fast and easy.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

how do i activate my copy of windows xp again after i have already
done that.....what i did was change the mother board in my pc and
it is telling me to activate my product and when i try to do that
it is saying that i have the number of times i am allowed to do
that has expired but i only did that once so i need help easy help
badly because this is getting too difficult for me now ........so
please all i need it my product to be activated thank you

Choose to "Activate by Telephone"...
Yes - the message you get is confusing. Badly worded to say the least.

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890

Specifically:
How to activate Windows XP by phone

To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to
activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service
representative to active Windows now.
3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement,
click Back, and then click Next.
4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box,
and then click Next.
Note: The number appears now and differs based on the location
that you select.

5. When activation is completed and you receive the following
message, click OK.

You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.

Enjoy!

 

[Daave]

Choose to "Activate by Telephone"...
Yes - the message you get is confusing. Badly worded to say the
least.

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890

Specifically:
How to activate Windows XP by phone

To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to
activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service
representative to active Windows now.
3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement,
click Back, and then click Next.
4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box,
and then click Next.
Note: The number appears now and differs based on the location
that you select.

5. When activation is completed and you receive the following
message, click OK.

You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.

Question:

Suppose OP has an OEM version of Windows XP. Suppose he reaches a CSR
who insists that changing the motherboard means the PC has been changed,
therefore the OEM license is no longer good per the EULA. What can OP
do? Both of us know that the EULA does not spell out what constitutes a
PC; nowhere does it say in the EULA that changing the motherboard is the
same as changing the PC. But what happens when a customer winds up with
an over-zealous CSR who will not budge on their position?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Question:

Suppose OP has an OEM version of Windows XP. Suppose he reaches a
CSR who insists that changing the motherboard means the PC has been
changed, therefore the OEM license is no longer good per the EULA.
What can OP do? Both of us know that the EULA does not spell out
what constitutes a PC; nowhere does it say in the EULA that
changing the motherboard is the same as changing the PC. But what
happens when a customer winds up with an over-zealous CSR who will
not budge on their position?

Why did they get to a person?
In most cases - this would all be automated.

They could - if it gets to that - demand to talk to someone else, hang up
and call back, wait 120+ days and try again, etc. They could do whatever
they feel comfortable doing. However- in my experience - it is highly
unlikely it would come to that.

 

[Karen]

I got this message on 3 of my machines yesterday when I was reimaging my lab.
What am I supposed to do? Make 40 phone calls everytime I reimage my lab?
Seems to me there should be a workaround.

Karen

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I got this message on 3 of my machines yesterday when I was
reimaging my lab. What am I supposed to do? Make 40 phone calls
everytime I reimage my lab? Seems to me there should be a
workaround.

You likely have a different issue than the original poster.
You seem to be attempting to run a lab environment - not likely what the OP
is doing.

You could fix your issue by having those you work for obtain a volume
license agreement so you could more easily install and maintain licenses in
a computer lab environment.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I got this message on 3 of my machines yesterday when I was reimaging my
lab.
What am I supposed to do? Make 40 phone calls everytime I reimage my lab?
Seems to me there should be a workaround.

For you, the workaround is to use the Volume License Agreement version,
which does not require activation. IIRC the MSDN susbscription version has
a similar feature.

You simply have purchased the wrong version, and that's the reason you have
to activate.

HTH
-pk

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Question:

Suppose OP has an OEM version of Windows XP. Suppose he reaches a CSR who
insists that changing the motherboard means the PC has been changed,
therefore the OEM license is no longer good per the EULA. What can OP do?
Both of us know that the EULA does not spell out what constitutes a PC;
nowhere does it say in the EULA that changing the motherboard is the same
as changing the PC. But what happens when a customer winds up with an
over-zealous CSR who will not budge on their position?

Hang up, call back, and just don't mention that any hardware was changed.

It's not as if Microsoft is unaware that sometimes Windows has to be
reinstalled.

HTH
-pk