WindowsXP activation???

Posted: 08-04-2003, 08:56 PM
Hi, i have a single user license of WindowsXP.

Initially i installed it on a desktop pc and activated it thru the internet.

But now i am trying to install that WinXP license, on anoter high end PC
(which i have bought recently). But during 'Activation', it is saying that
the KEY is alrady registered (which is true ie my old PC) .... now how do i
deactivate my old registration and re-register it with my new PC???

Is there any way to do this?

Thanx,
PalB


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Will Denny
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Re: WindowsXP activation???
Posted: 08-04-2003, 09:45 PM
Hi

One copy of XP per machine - that is why you are getting the 'is already registered' message. If you want to install XP on to the other PC, then you will have to buy another copy.

Will

"PalB" <palbiswas@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u4RYIKsWDHA.2204@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi, i have a single user license of WindowsXP.
>
> Initially i installed it on a desktop pc and activated it thru the internet.
>
> But now i am trying to install that WinXP license, on anoter high end PC
> (which i have bought recently). But during 'Activation', it is saying that
> the KEY is alrady registered (which is true ie my old PC) .... now how do i
> deactivate my old registration and re-register it with my new PC???
>
> Is there any way to do this?
>
> Thanx,
> PalB
>
>

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Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)
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Re: WindowsXP activation???
Posted: 08-04-2003, 09:48 PM
PalB wrote:
> Hi, i have a single user license of WindowsXP.
>
> Initially i installed it on a desktop pc and activated it thru the
> internet.
>
> But now i am trying to install that WinXP license, on anoter high end
> PC (which i have bought recently). But during 'Activation', it is
> saying that the KEY is alrady registered (which is true ie my old PC)
> .... now how do i deactivate my old registration and re-register it
> with my new PC???
>
> Is there any way to do this?
>
> Thanx,
> PalB
First, XP must be removed from your previous computer.

Second, when running the activation wizard on the new PC, you must choose
the option to activate by phone. You will be given a number to call,
explain that you have a new PC, you've removed XP from your previous
computer and you need to activate on the new system.

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Re: WindowsXP activation???
Posted: 08-04-2003, 10:14 PM
That is most probably is a rumor that is in no way true.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have also heard that Microsoft wipes they're activation
database every
>three months, maybe if you wait you can install the same
copy again.
>"PalB" <palbiswas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:u4RYIKsWDHA.2204@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, i have a single user license of WindowsXP.
>>
>> Initially i installed it on a desktop pc and activated
it thru the
>internet.
>>
>> But now i am trying to install that WinXP license, on
anoter high end PC
>> (which i have bought recently). But
during 'Activation', it is saying that
>> the KEY is alrady registered (which is true ie my old
PC) .... now how do
>i
>> deactivate my old registration and re-register it with
my new PC???
>>
>> Is there any way to do this?
>>
>> Thanx,
>> PalB
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>
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Re: WindowsXP activation???
Posted: 08-05-2003, 05:26 AM
Greetings --

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on, and install
it onto the new one. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to
activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you
might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


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"PalB" <palbiswas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u4RYIKsWDHA.2204@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi, i have a single user license of WindowsXP.
>
> Initially i installed it on a desktop pc and activated it thru the
internet.
>
> But now i am trying to install that WinXP license, on anoter high
end PC
> (which i have bought recently). But during 'Activation', it is
saying that
> the KEY is alrady registered (which is true ie my old PC) .... now
how do i
> deactivate my old registration and re-register it with my new PC???
>
> Is there any way to do this?
>
> Thanx,
> PalB
>
>

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