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| 1357616 | 2006-01-04 02:25:00 | was given a Win XP Pro cd, boxed and stil wrapped up, never been opened before end of last year. i installed it on mi dads pc. i activated it over the net and everything was fine. i logged on today and it said "windows has 6 days remaining do you wish to activate?" if you click yes it says "windows has already been activated" what gives? | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 1357617 | 2006-01-04 02:43:00 | I guess I'm getting jaded: From the title, I thought you were going to ask for a Windows XP crack. As usual, back up important files first. "When a computer running a disk image that was prepared with Sysprep is restarted, the activation timer is reset and the installation of Windows XP Professional is enabled with the full grace period for Windows Product Activation." www.microsoft.com |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1357618 | 2006-01-04 03:11:00 | was given a Win XP Pro cd, boxed and stil wrapped up, never been opened before end of last year. i installed it on mi dads pc. i activated it over the net and everything was fine. i logged on today and it said "windows has 6 days remaining do you wish to activate?" if you click yes it says "windows has already been activated" what gives? Hmm. Got just about the exact same thing this morning on a PC at work. When it started it said that the 30 days PC must be activated. When I clicked on the activation icon it said it was activated and click OK to continue and around it went. Same thing each time As this wasn't too important a machine I am currently re-installing XP again and will se what happens.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1357619 | 2006-01-04 20:56:00 | Call Microsoft. They should be able to manually activate it over the phone. | pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 1357620 | 2006-01-04 22:30:00 | so wit the sysprep thing....... i have a 2003 server, are you saying that i cud use that to remove this damn activation message? i dont wanna do anything illegal but saying so i dont like the fact that i have to ring microsoft......i just scares me! the server is a PIII and mi dads pc is a compaq paesario, AMD 2800+ made maybe 2-3 years ago. it has a nvidia network built in so im unsure of the boot from a network with the PXE thingy. any ideas? |
aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 1357621 | 2006-01-04 23:17:00 | If you want to get it done legitimately, then call Microsoft. As long as the product is legal (it IS, isn't it?) then you have nothing to worry about. I'd really recommend this, especially taking advantage of this time of year when it is quieter than usual. I called Toshiba tech support the other day and it was answered in 2 rings (by a real person) - I'd be surprised if MS was much different at the moment. I dealt with them quite a lot (almost daily) for issues like this when I was reselling MS products a while ago, and they were always quite prompt. |
pixeldust (6619) | ||
| 1357622 | 2006-01-05 00:22:00 | Calling Microsoft is probably the best bet, but I have never done it myself. Sysprep doesn't eliminate activation. You're supposed to use it on copies, such as made by disk duplicators, but it will work on the original. How do I know? 'Cause I've done it accidentally It's part of the Windows XP resource kit, downloaded from Microsoft. "Computers that run the Windows XP operating system use a security ID (SID) as a unique identifier. If you use disk-duplication software, you must ensure the uniqueness of these security IDs. When Windows XP is installed, a machine SID is configured to contain a statistically unique 96-bit number" As a side effect, it also reset the registration process, but you can only do this four times to the same drive, without reinstalling Windows. Microsoft policy is that sysprep is *not* used to bring a PC into compliance. so wit the sysprep thing....... i have a 2003 server, are you saying that i cud use that to remove this damn activation message? i dont wanna do anything illegal but saying so i dont like the fact that i have to ring microsoft......i just scares me! the server is a PIII and mi dads pc is a compaq paesario, AMD 2800+ made maybe 2-3 years ago. it has a nvidia network built in so im unsure of the boot from a network with the PXE thingy. any ideas? |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1357623 | 2006-01-05 05:10:00 | of course its legit. mi server 2003 was a copy tho...from a tech.....better not moan to MS bout that one | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 1357624 | 2006-01-08 00:05:00 | I was just reading up about activation, it seems that Mr Gates regularly gets messages from a PC just checking if it is running legal software, but at this time, no way can Bill Gates back track to find pirated software, (he could do an automatic OS critical update enabling him to back track) recently Mr Gates disabled automatic activation of XP preinstalled as OEM software, more recently I think he has disabled XP updates if you have incorrect activation, to make up for that I heard he is offering free Cds with XP if you turn in the guy (or gal) who supplied you with the pirated XP. Does anybody feel safe knowing that if we upset Bill Gates, he could (And would?) refuse us our activation codes? and what if I want to use XP in 10-years time? I have OEM XP Home and Office 2003. Last year I added some cards, USB 2 and a TV tuner. I am shortly planning to reinstall all my software in order to get rid of a lot of junk. Does anybody know where on my system I can find the activation codes for XP and Office? To back up and reuse after reinstalling my OS because I had a run around too last year after Bill Gates cut down on the OEM activation codes. (they got out and were being used) illegally.) I don’t need the hassle of a run around again; my original OEM code on the OS restore partition is invalid because I put in extra cards. My software is legal, and Bill Gates is too paranoid about pirates, but he does have a point when he thought of product activation. |
Lateral Thinker (17185) | ||
| 1357625 | 2006-01-08 00:29:00 | You may find this article from "About" (netsecurity.about.com) interesting to read. I have never tried it yet, but looks helpful. | pheonix (36) | ||
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