re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:01 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by David J. (19 messages posted) I have an incredible annoyance here, maybe you can help me. I recently built a computer for a friend and installed a new copy of Win XP home ed on it. I initially used the onboard sound chip but changed to a 5.1 sound card and installed new drivers. When i tried to install these drivers the sound stopped working and nothing I did could get it to come back up. I even tried reinstalling the onboard chip and that wouldnt work either I tried restoring win XP to an earlier period that didnt work. well, I had to format the drive and reinstall Win xp., Guess what, the activation code isnt working anymore, it wont accept it. When i did the first install I had to call them on the phone to get the activation code, I couldnt activate via the net. I wrote down the code I got and then typed it in in case I had to reinstall. well, i reinstalled and now when I try the activation code its not working. I tried activating by internet but its telling me that the product key is already activated I have to get new one. I dont understand why it doesnt accept the activation code they originally gave me. I cannot call them again because the first call cost me a lot , it was a machine that answered and it kept asking me questions and took a very long time to finish. I am not going to pay for a new one, I just bought this software, I do not live in the US and these overseas calls to Microsoft cost me more than i paid for the software. I would appreciate any advice on how to get around this problem. I wish someone would give us an alternative to MS. Intel has AMD, who does MS have? On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 4:08 am, Berner Junge wrote: >If i upgrade my PC, which components cause that the XP Product Key >won't be accepted anymore? Written in response to: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Berner Junge: Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 4:08 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (David J.: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 9:36 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Berner Junge: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 4:08 am) re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (triplate: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 4:52 am) re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Crash Override: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 10:23 am) re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (Matthew D. Healy: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 12:57 pm) re: If we make the question instead, "How to lessen the impact of activation interference?" (Kiwi: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 1:38 pm) re: If we make the question instead, "How to lessen the impact of activation interference?" (Crash Override: Sun, Feb 6, 2005, 6:42 pm) re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (David J.: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 10:01 pm) re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?' (David J.: Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 9:36 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum