re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, February 14, 2005 at 3:03 am
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Posted by 666
(2255 messages posted)
If it's on the secret (but not so secret anymore) list of leaked keys, they'll know.
Any key you'll find on the web will be useless.
If it's a legit key from a copy that just happens to be installed on another computer,
you can uninstall the first copy and activate the second copy by phone. Microsoft
has no way of knowing if you really uninstalled the first copy, but you can't use
Windows Update or install service packs on the old insallation anymore.
If the key is for an OEM version, you can only install it on the machine that came
with that copy of XP. However, M$ says on its site that they can't identify the hash
generated from the hardware contains no information to the hardware itself, so you
can lie yourself out of that problem as well.
Of course, having two copies installed when the license allows only one violates
the EULA, but that's your own responsibility.
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