Activation

recently my hard drive went bad, so when i got it replaced
i also removed a 5.25 floppy drive that i no longer
needed, then did a clean install and now when i try to
activate windows it give me an error that says something
like i have activated it too many times. i was under the
impression the i could install windows as many time as i
wanted on my computer, did the hardware change cause
this? thanks in advance

Hello

See links below

Activation Process for Win XP Read info below
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/




Alvin


Tony wrote:

> recently my hard drive went bad, so when i got it replaced
> i also removed a 5.25 floppy drive that i no longer
> needed, then did a clean install and now when i try to
> activate windows it give me an error that says something
> like i have activated it too many times. i was under the
> impression the i could install windows as many time as i
> wanted on my computer, did the hardware change cause
> this? thanks in advance

Tony wrote:
| recently my hard drive went bad, so when i got it replaced
| i also removed a 5.25 floppy drive that i no longer
| needed, then did a clean install and now when i try to
| activate windows it give me an error that says something
| like i have activated it too many times. i was under the
| impression the i could install windows as many time as i
| wanted on my computer, did the hardware change cause
| this? thanks in advance

Just what does _something like_ mean????


--
Tampa Bay

I'm getting to the end of the 30 days.
I have two video cards but one is out
of the box and won't be used until I
get another monitor. Should I install
it before activation? What kinds of
suggestions do you have before I
activate?

Thanks Thanks

You should be fine. Activation isn't required for every single hardware
change. There is a little leeway.

--
Joshua Smith
DirectInput Test Lab
Microsoft
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"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
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> I would install the video card that was to be the permanent card.
>
> In any event, it really does not matter as far as Activation goes.
> Worst case will be a 5 minute call (number will be on the screen) to
> Microsoft after the card is replaced.
>
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> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
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