Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 madboy I am not saying you doing anything wrong or illegal but it would be a bummer if you installed it and it would not work,if you have not ordered the machine ring m/soft now for info and if the worse happpens you can get a OEM copy of xp at a much reduced price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 no no i am not going to do anything illegal at all i am going to remove XP from my old machine and re-install the old operating systemmadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 I have made a posting on this other forum, I can't be bothered to type it all again. I hope that you find it useful, it is near to the bottom.http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm/go/di...70647/forumid/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 xp activation:on the same computer with the same hard ware you can reinstall and reactivate xp unlimited number of times over the internet. (i installed xp 12 times last year :o )you are allowed to change 6 MAJOR hardware components before you are asked to reactivate( by calling microsoft) not too sure about what exactly they are but i think it is processor, motherboard, RAM, hard disk and 2 more. :huh: and if you want to transfer xp to another system , as the others have said you'll have to activate over the phone and tell the microsoft employee that you've wiped it off the old system and get a new activation code. service pack 1 has made a few slight changes to the activation , i'll have to look up exactly what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm/go/di...70647/forumid/2This should heve been the link in my previous posting higher up, I hope this works better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 prince that is cut in half if you change you nic card,I know from bitter experience :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Timeforabeer Posted January 31, 2003 Report Share Posted January 31, 2003 On the subject of activation....I found this.. Windows XP Tips and Tricks Never Re-Activate After InstallationIf you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy ***** after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again. BReturn to Win XP Index Click on the Main Icon Above to Return to the Main Index Copyright © 1999 to 2002 RD Net UK Ltd. All rights reserved.Legal Information, Privacy Statement and Conditions of Use Send feedback to [email protected]Maybe I should put this as a new post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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