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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Llamallamadingdong
(404 messages posted)
Oh, and a call to M$ and/or gateway explaining the situation wouldn't hurt, either.
NOt sure if changing the key will help in your situation, since it's an OEM copy.
On Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 12:38 pm, MJ wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?:
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>OK, its complicated, I'll try to make it easy.
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>1) Get computer, comes with Gateway OEM copy of XP. Yay.
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>2) XP install trashes and OEM CD not found.
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>3) XP Pro Retail purchased, installed, activated.
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>4) Then I find the OEM CD.
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>OK, so I have computer A, with a working OEM copy not installed and a working retail
>copy installed. Then I have computer B, sad and lonley w/o a copy of XP.
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>I'm not a pirate, I've purchased XP legit. I'd rather not reinstall windows on the
>old computer. If I tell them that I switched, and get the XP Pro on the new computer,
>will they be able to tell when I connect to Windows Update? Will the old key cease
>to work? etc.
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>Thanks :)
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