WindowsXP activation???

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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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
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>

>
>
>.
>

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


Bruce Chambers

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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
>
>