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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 4:52 am
Posted by triplate
(20746 messages posted)
One stick of Ram can do it...
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 10:23 am
Posted by Crash Override
(2164 messages posted)
Each component is weighted differently. When the system boots, it counts the devices
present to come up with a "score". I want to say if that "score" matches 7 out of
10 the system continues without the need for re-activation,etc. My number could
be off, but I think it is close. Changing a motherboard or hard drive would obviously
count more than say changing a floppy drive or a cdrom. HTH
Regards,
Crash Override
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?
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Posted by Matthew D. Healy
(1255 messages posted)
Go to www.licenturion.com/xp/ for the XPInfo tool,
which shows which components are still the same
as when XP was last activated.
Also their website has considerable technical
information about the internals of the WinXP activation
mechanisms.
I don't think anybody outside Microsoft knows more
about WPA than these people.
On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 10:23 am, Crash Override wrote:
>Each component is weighted differently. When the system boots, it counts the devices
>present to come up with a "score". I want to say if that "score" matches 7 out
of
>10 the system continues without the need for re-activation,etc. My number could
>be off, but I think it is close. Changing a motherboard or hard drive would obviously
>count more than say changing a floppy drive or a cdrom. HTH
>
>
>
> Regards,
Crash Override
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re: If we make the question instead, "How to lessen the impact of activation interference?"
Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Posted by Kiwi
(2209 messages posted)
According to some folks who ought to know, by choosing to describe a PC to the OS
as a laptop, the algorithm for which parts of the system are covered by a system's
unique signature has a great deal less to work with, and as a result, the user has
much more leeway about changes.
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Kiwi
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On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 4:08 am, Berner Junge wrote:
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re: If we make the question instead, "How to lessen the impact of activation interference?"
Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 6:42 pm
Posted by Crash Override
(2164 messages posted)
I don't follow you kiwi. I didn't know there was a way to trick XP into thinking
you are using a laptop when you are using a desktop. Would you be able to describe
the process?
Regards,
Crash Override
On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 1:38 pm, Kiwi wrote:
>According to some folks who ought to know, by choosing to describe a PC to the OS
>as a laptop, the algorithm for which parts of the system are covered by a system's
>unique signature has a great deal less to work with, and as a result, the user has
>much more leeway about changes.
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>Kiwi
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:01 pm
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?
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re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 9:36 am
Posted by David J.
(19 messages posted)
A little follow up here before anyone goes through a lot of trouble replying. I got
a toll free number for South America, I think its Argentina and I was able to get
a new activation code. The service rep. told me that i have to call and get a new
activation code whenever I reinstall windows XP in the future.
I wasted several hundred dollars the first time I activated it.
On Monday, March 28, 2005 at 10:01 pm, David J. wrote:
>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?
>
>
>
>
>
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