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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, February 21, 2005 at 5:18 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by lmc
(7 messages posted)
The first question is easy: if you're not online, then it will ask you to call the
toll-free number to input the number it gives you (identifying the characteristics
of your computer) and the computer on the other end will either read you back the
key that will allow you to run, or pass you off to a real human, who you'll have
to convince to give you the key. I don't know what criteria they (the humans) use
to determine authenticity; I know I bought (generic MS) XP Pro for a laptop, re-installed
it several times through upgrades (sometimes failing, but always got the key from
the nice gentleman), and then moved it to a desktop, with the same procedure when
the laptop died. The OEM version? I would assume paying for the key bought you
the key, and you could move it at will (providing you can find suitable media, and
you'd be lucky if an OEM disk would work for any other computer), but it's certainly
possible I could be wrong.
On Monday, February 21, 2005 at 4:24 pm, kroeg wrote:
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>This doesn't make sense to me. If I wasn't online how would xp activate and know
>it wasn't on the same computer? What if I don't need XP on my laptop but want it
>on my home computer? I have to buy it again? That doesn't seem right. Can't I use
>it for personal use on wichever system I choose? I paid for it, when I bought the
>laptop because that's what it came with, now if I try to use it to upgrade my home
>system instead I can't legally do so?
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