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XP KEY
Dear all,
I posted similiar subject yesterday,
The issue is as follows:
My PC stopped workingm as it was asking for a XP KEY, and 30 days had elapsed.
Now when I switch on my machine, it loads WINDOWS, and at the first screen, were you log in with username i.e Account names screen, it pops up asking for me to register the SOFTWARE. So i have located my ORIGINAL XP KEY, and added it in, it then starts dialling the internet, and it fails, saying:
Connection error.
What can I do?
must i log on the net to register the XP KEY?
I havent done anything to my INTERNET, and why doesnt it log in?
I have recently hd broadband installed, maybe its the NET.
Best RGDS
Taylor
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Posted October 6th, 2005 20:00
When working with XP Home Edition, yes, you do have to avtivate the product. I run XP Pro, as well as MS Office Pro. Regardless of what you use, you have to activate the product. There's no way around it. I've tried. I have even had to go as far as calling Microsoft themselves, to get a new key. Windows XP is superior for more than 1 reason. You can use it on multiple machines, only has to be activated once, and has better networking capabilities, should you be expanding on home PC's.367
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Posted October 6th, 2005 20:00
dragondad33 said "You can use it on multiple machines, only has to be activated once" Dragondad - do you really think you know what you are talking about? This is absolutely false.
Taylor,
Is this the version of Windows that came with your computer? If so, then it is preactivated by Dell and does not require activation. Is this a new version of Windows that you installed on your computer? If so, then it has to be activated and can only be installed on one machine according to the Microsoft License. You will have to call Microsoft to get the activation key.
Steve
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Posted October 7th, 2005 02:00
The rule is, for retail customers, each PC must have its own copy/license of the OS367
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Posted October 7th, 2005 10:00
Hi Guys,your help is appreciated.Let me explian, then you guys can judge who is right and wrong.I purchased a machine from DELL, it came with the software installed, and i got the XP cd as my COPY. I then installed the SAME SOFTWARE, which DELL gave me to my LAPTOP, I then installed it to my other desktop machine. AS SOON As I installed it, it asked me that I need to ACTIVATE the key within 30 DAYS. I had the KEY in my filling cabinet, and didint bother with it. But it kept reminding me very day or so, to register the KEY( via the internet )30 days gone, I come back from the US, and guess what, when i log onto the machine, it goes as far as the log on screen, were the username and password screen is, and IT prompts me with the KEY.I have added the KEY, but had some problems connecting to the NET, i suppose.Really, this is silly of Microsoft, as it never occured when i installed the same software on my LAPTOP, why prompt me for the third time to register the KEY.This is a legitamte KEY, and I can go and install it on Millions of PC's( technically, should be the ONLY PC that i purchased) but who does that nowadays, we all borrow our software( ORIGINAL)Thats the issue,367
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Posted October 7th, 2005 12:00
The answer to your question is that you will need to purchase a copy of XP for your computer that has been asking to be registered. Microsoft XP Home and Professional are set up to be installed on one computer only and they have set up the software to try and insure that. You can install it on the original computer and register it on line the first time. If you change five hardware components or try and install it on a second computer it will ask to be re-registered and will not do so without calling Microsoft. They will ask why the hardware is different than the original install and if on more than one computer. If it is just a hardware change on the original computer they will allow to activate. If on a second or third computer then, they will inform that you will need to buy a separate copy. Windows XP Corp. can be installed without activation. Do not know the rules for it. The days of sharing original software is trying to be closed. Gates needs the money.
Jim
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Posted October 7th, 2005 18:00
Hi JimmyMac43Thats a answer, worth noting, good stuff buddy. That makes sense, as soon as I registered it on the third machine, thats what I got.I will call Microsoft and say I have done a hardware change on my machine and needed to install it again, i.e a HARD DRIVE change.If you or anyone has the correct number for me to call that be great?even Bill Gates number will do, (Mickysoft Corp) haaaaaa367
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Posted October 7th, 2005 19:00
JTaylorJ,
You seem to have missed the main point of JimmyMac43's post, and that is you need to purchase another copy of Windows XP for the third computer. A hard drive change does not modify the hardware hash generated by Windows sufficiently to require another activation. Furthermore, as Microsoft says in the Activation FAQ, "The product does check itself from time to time to see if it is activated and if it is still on the same PC on which it was originally activated." When it does this, it will determine that the PC on which it was originally activated (the one which you received from Dell) it will require reactivation again.
You do not own the copy of XP you are using, you have a license to use it, and contrary to what you appear to believe, you cannot install it on any number of computers ["This is a legitamte KEY, and I can go and install it on Millions of PC's( technically, should be the ONLY PC that i purchased) but who does that nowadays, we all borrow our software( ORIGINAL)]. We don't all borrow our software. Many used to, and that is why Microsoft initiated product activation.
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Posted October 8th, 2005 02:00
No one on this forum will help anyone STEAL software, PERIOD.
dragondad33
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Posted October 6th, 2005 20:00