I have just purchased a new computer without an OS to cut costs. I have an old computer that brought xp for and upgraded it and activated it. will microsoft let me install the same xp onto my new computer if i phone them up and explain?
View 6 Repliesi am on a mac but recently used bootcamp to install win xp professional 2002. when i installed it i used my product key and it worked fine and everything ran smoothly. but when i went to activate windows it said i had used all of the uses of the product key. i remembered i had used it three times and understood that but now i am wondering do i have to reformat to use a new product key or just enter a new one where it tells me to enter it. also if i can like take a product key off another computer or do i have to buy it. if i do have to buy and reformat should i get home or professional
View 6 Replies View RelatedI tried a repair on XP Professional. I had did a repair, as my s/w wouldn't populate the remove software windows. I had just scanned computer for virus and trojans....all clean.After the repair and on the reboot, I provided my administrative password and I received a message that I had to activate XP before I could log on. I accepted "YES" and the monitor immediately displays a burgandy screen, with the mouse arrow showing. The first few times, I let is display for 20 minutes, but nothing happened.
View 7 Replies View Relatedi'm using sp2 and activation has expired...so now everytime i boot the pc i can't login to win unless i activate it .i even can't access it in safe mode.....the problem is the product key i have i already in use and saved in their database
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just installed Windows XP Pro on my new custom built computer, but the installation CD was not mine to begin with, but I do have an upgrade CD to Windows XP Pro that I thought I could use the activation code with, which eventually found out that It would not allow me to put the activation product key from my upgrade CD for the installation CD that I started with.Would anyone know the way around this problem? I certainly would not like to buy a new installation CD and start my OS again clean.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAfter installing a windows xp in a system it shows an icon at the bottom of the task bar to activate with the license key and and we can activate it by using the license key and this is one way but instead of activating it by using that icon is there any other way to activate the windows xp internally with the license key.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI can't activate any microsoft products today , i have tried on multiple machines at work seems the server is down anyone else having this problem?.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a authorised windows XP1 cd which had purchased from mumbai.Had formatted the system in the past and had reinstalled it again using the same cd and activated the windows over net using same CD and activation code.However this time it is giving a error that code is mistyped, which I have not. The shop where I had purchased CD is no longer open.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've just been round to help my neighbour with her laptop... she's 80 (Bless!) Anyway, when booting up a message appears to say that before windows can log on the product (XP Home) needs to be activated. No problem, so I press OK. But then, in the Product Activation window it says, This product has already been activated, press OK. Which I do but then it shuts down. It's just a continual circle that I can't seem to get out of. By the way, it boots up okay in safe Mode.
View 10 Replies View RelatedJust have a quick question
Ive just bought an old pc off a "friend" who assured me his copy of XP was legit
I have gotten to the activation stage and it turns out its the wrong code
So what i was thinking was using my own disc that i have just bought, but i dont know how to format the hard drive from the activation screen.As i dont have the right code for the copy that is installed at the moment, i would prefer to use my own copy, but everytimne i start up, it just boots to the log in screen, then asks if i want to activate this copy. If i say no, it logs me off
activate and there is a button that says Resolve Now. Press the button and you end up back at the login. I can boot into safe mode and get the same message. desktop in safe mode. I've tried using the install disk and repair Windows to no avail. I've also tried rolling back.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI reloaded Windows XP Pro I was asked to activate, which I didn't do at that time. I lost my Internet connection and sound at the same time. I did a phone activation and I thought it went thru. I had a message to activate. I did the phone activation and was told DO NO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A VALID PRODUCT
View 2 Replies View RelatedI installed XP Pro on an old machine for my in-laws (about a year ago). I have now purchased them a new computer, but it came w/ XP Home. I would like to upgrade the new machine from Home to Pro. I will be removing XP Pro from the old machine & reformatting the hard drive. The MS site indicates this is possible, but doesn't mention anything about licensing restrictions or activation. I tried to find the licensing agreement to see what it said about transfer a license to another computer but couldn't find it. I'm also curious how the activation process will go... Will I be able to just do the online activation or will I need to do the phone activation since I'm transferring a license.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have been having ALOT of trouble with my computer lately and it has been relating to an MBR virus. I ran 4 different low level virus wipers and 3 low level formats on my drive to get rid of it and it worked. Before I did all of this i was sure to backup my windows activation information. So I looked up what to backup online and the general consensus was to go to the system32 folder and backup wpa.dbl and wpa.bak, so i did. I finnally got windows re-installed and stable and just how it was before all of this. So I went into safe mode, backed up the un-activated wpa.dbl file that was there and replaced it with the previosly activated wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files. I rebooted normally and when i arrived at the logon screen it told me that windows MUST be activated and do I wish to do so. I chose no and it went back to the logon screen. I clicked on my user name once more and it went straight through but once I arrived at the desktop it told me windows was still un-activated and my 30-Day grace period was still active. I need to figure out how I can get my version of windows re-activated with my back-up files becuase I have already activated my code twice in the last month and they will not let me do it again.
View 12 Replies View RelatedEach time I start my computer, the numeric pad is disabled. How can I force
my computer to activate the numeric pad of the keyboard each time it start ?
im having trouble burning DVD's and CD's. Everytime i log in to windows xp an install box pops up asking for a 'sonic activation module disk' i have no idea wat to do. i cant revert back to a previous state in widows because system restore was switched off when it box appeared. any ideas wat to do?
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy comp got a little messed up, (alost acted as if I was in safe mode) nothin big (hopefully) so I decided to put in the cd and repair winxp.I reinstalled it entered the serial and all that, but when I log in it asks for activation again, I say yes and when it attempts to connect, it just won't. I know it's not my connections because I have a Mac on this network that work's great (Mac and PC connected through Linksys router) I tried going to my Router's source site with no luck. Someone suggested to me maybe the needed driver's the motherboard should have arn't there anymore.It won't let me have a 30 day activation to reinstall any drivers. 'm clueless as to why it won't connect, it's been a few days with a few tries.
View 25 Replies View RelatedI would like to upgrade the motherboard in my computer, but I am worried that if I do this, Windows XP will not allow me to use the computer unless it is re-activated.Is this what would happen if I upgraded the board?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently downloaded the WinZip 9.0 Program, and it is the first time that I am using Zip Files. My Question is, after unzipping the file, how do I initiate the program, in this case, eliminating a file when Windows states, that it cannot be deleted ? And what does, DOS, have to do with it ? My OS is Windows XP Professional.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently copied the image of my nearly full HD to a new, larger one, using EZGig s/w and windows XP runs fine, but required that I activate it. Upon attempting that it tells me I have exceeded the number of activations and will have only 3 days before it will no longer work, pending my action(??)So, I got on the MS live-chat site and though the technician tried to help me, was not able to activate the version on the larger HD and at each boot got a message that I had 3 days to fix it, somehow. I tried calling back, but couldn't get in and then 2 days later a lady from India(??) called me at 3AM!!! to ask if the problem was solved. I told her no and asked her to call back at a more descent hour. But, no resolution yet.
My workaround would be to reformat the new, larger, drive and let it be the D and leave my old "activated" one as C, but would rather have the contiguous larger one as C.I can see where they would not want people cloning their XP on hard drives for profit and didn't know there was a counter for # of activations, or what it is. I have had a couple different MB and 3 hard drives in the past 6-7 yrs, so apparently I met the limit.
Has anyone managed to activate Vista Beta 1 with any crack? I triedabout 3 different cracks in safe mode (since the 30 days period wasexpired), and none of them worked. Has anyone succeeded in cracking Vista's WPA thing?
View 36 Replies View RelatedI have a E-machine that had to be wiped due to a worm attack and now i restored it With a restore disk and i setted everything up and when i go to log on it says that "You must first activate this copy of Windows before you can log in". so i click on activate but when the activation window shows up no options appear.
View 11 Replies View RelatedA friend of mine had some files on their computer corrupted and they couldn't find their copy of XP that came with their computer, so I used mine to just do a system repair. I've done repairs before on my own system and it didn't ask me to activate it, so I thought this would help solve the problem. Unfortunatly, it is asking for an activation and we still can't find my friends copy. Is all hope lost? or is there something else I should try first? Both of us have valid copies of XP, so I didn't expect to have this
many problems by just doing a system repair. Thanks in advance
I'm currently building a new system and I also want to upgrade one of my Win98 systems to win XP. I have a genuine copy of Windows XP (SP2) which has never been used. Looking around for a second OS I can see very cheap downloads of XP professional from commercial sites. (much cheaper than the amount I paid for the XP home edition). If I download the zip files I couild create an ISO image for a CD install on the new system .... but will there be a problem with activation?
View 14 Replies View RelatedIt's been infected with some new malware which AV vendors have a generic detection but could not repair.To save time, I decided to use the O/S restore function (replace system files, retain user data) using PCAngel, which seemingly worked ok.However, on system reboot I receive the Windows Product Activation error message, asking me "Do you want to activate Windows now?". If I reply NO, of course I get logged off. But if I reply YES then it goes briefly to a blank version of my desktop and then logs me off.In other words, I never get the chance to activate. I never get anywhere near to getting into windows.To compound the issue I can't boot into safe mode, it attempts to boot, but part way through loading the drivers it restarts without any error messages..I've flashed the CMOS by taking the battery out & putting it back in again & this made no difference.
I'm able to load the O/S partition using ubunthu & see no evidence of WPA_Reset5.I do NOT have any install CD's, the PC came pre-installed & I assume the OEM figured users will restore using PCAngel if required. It is a valid XP install with a valid prodID. If any of you know how I can bypass this state to get the system up & running.
The install went fine, until I was prompted to activate. The key wouldn't work, obviously. It wasn't long until I found out why. One computer per key.Now the trial has ended
The OS uninstalls itself and I have to wait to get a legit copy before I can continue on with the work I have on my HDD. The uninstall program formats the entire drive, leaving me with NOTHING left.
Microsoft wouldn't give me any kind of answer. They just blamed it on the manufacturer. So, here goes: I've been trying for 2 days now to get the windows xp activation wizard to launch. I've tried the "accessories>system tools" shortcut, as well as the "run> oobe/msoobe /a" method countless times. Neither work. The pointer becomes an hourglass for 2 seconds like it's going to open the wizard, but nothing happens. I've opened the task manager, and sometimes the "msoobe.exe" process will appear for no more than half a second before disappearing
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently did an install of Windows XP pro on a few boxes. The key I used is supposed to be a volume license key. As far as I know, volume keys require no activation. However, upon booting up the machines it does in fact require activation. Am I missing something here? Should I just call Microsoft and have them activate them?
View 5 Replies View RelatedSo I reinstalled XP Home on an MPC Pentium 4 HT. After installing all the windows updates, including SP3, and some basic programs, I was up and running. The pc was running fast, and it was a joy to use. Then, just 1 week after the initial install, I'm on the computer playing a flash game, when it suddenly shuts down. I reboot, and instead of going to Welcome screen, then desktop with all my icons, it's showing the factory default resolution (you know, huge mouse cursor and all), and asking me to activate Windows, which I did about 6 days ago
View 2 Replies View Relatedi have a 2 year old pc that i bought with windows xp media center edition 2005 pre-installed and activated. only a week ago, it started asking me to activate windows before i could log in every time i restarted my computer. i would click ok and then it would ask me to activate. i would activate over internet and when it did, it say i have an incorrect product key. i don't know why this happens because the computer was pre-activated and i didn't do anything to my computer when it started happening except played some games. something even more wierd is that 1 in 5 times it boots up perfectly normal without asking me to activate. it is really annoying to have to try restarting my pc until it randomly lets me log in.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI changed an IDE controller and need to reactivate Win XP Pro. When I slect the activation wizard, the screen comes up with the title bar and background but not foreground data or choices show, just the blank activation-window background.