re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 7:18 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by kroeg
(2 messages posted)
I'm not all that computer smart, so please forgive my confusion, are you guys saying
that if I have a xp programe that came with one computer(my laptop)and I try to then
use it on my home computer xp will know it's not on the right computer and not work?
On Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 6:50 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>When installed, XP polls a selection of the hardware of the system it's installed
>on and generates a "magic number."
>
>Every now and then after that point, it recalculates the magic number using the
hardware
>that it finds. If the hardware changes enough, the magic number won't be within
>certain tolerances, and XP is designed to announce to you that it thinks something
>is wrong and that it wants to be activated again.
>
>Then you have to allow XP to phone home to check in with the activation servers
that
>keep track of each activated Product Key. If the Product Key is flagged in some
>manner, such as too many reactivations in too short a time, the automatic process
>will be halted and you will be instructed to phone home to Redmond so you can plead
>your case, as it were, to the activation reps on the phone.
>
>My understanding is that the vast majority of people who have to phone in to plead
>their case are immediately successful, and the reps either issue a new Product Key
>or reset their existing Product Key.
>
>BTW, Symantec's execution of their Product Activation system is almost identical
>to Microsoft's.
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