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product activation after reinstall
Microsoft, if you are eavesdropping, you MUST change the product activation!!! I do not want to feel like a criminal when I have to reinstall my software. I bought it! But after my Windows XP and Office XP reactivation woes, I assure you the next time I reinstall, it will NOT be Microsoft products! Good day!

XP activation after reinstall
Windows Product Activation DOES NOT require you to get a new product key every time you want to reinstall/format windows. We've determined that a crack will be out for this method of activation within one week after RTM, but this is not to stop those guys. This is to stop the casual piracy of Windows,

Activation after Reinstall?
sabrina sabr...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Hello, after my harddisk and motherboard crashed last week, I had to reinstall vista (x64, ultimate) on my new system (new motherboard and harddisk). I just tried to activate the new installation and got the error message

product activation
... or more MS Product licenses, not all Office) do not require individual activation. http://microsoft.com/licensing ============ <<"Bob" <eddievedde...@yahoo.com> I uninstall/reinstall Office XP a fair amount and this is a major inconvenience. I mean, if they're going to hassle people so much about activating

Help stop the product activation scheme!
Rebooted, much more responsive, but when I logged in the Windows Product Activation Wizard appeared for the first time and would not let me use XP. The product key displayed is the correct one, but XP sees it as invalid. HP charged me $50 to tell me I should reinstall XP from scratch. I backed out the upgrade,

Activation of Windows Xp after reinstall
Dyllan Dyl...@yeahright.net microsoft public windowsxp basics Because of the amount of software I have and checking compatibility, I've reinstalled XP Pro about 10 times since the 25th...No problems activating. As long as it's the same machine, MS will keep getting the same hash...no worries.

Activation a problem after reinstall?
I did not think this was product activation, and so skipped that step. Have I missed a trick and is there a way to see if that decision was responsible without repeating the whole repair/reinstall XP Home Edition business? Does anyone have any other ideas how I can get my mothers system to install updates without

TT Activation - Calm after the storm - NOT SO!
...BUT I failed to notice until after activating Vista that I had installed it on the second HDD (the small 30 GB one 'left over' from my original PC Yes, you can reinstall Vista. Yes, you will probably need to call for activation, but this isn'ta big deal. Just tell them you installed it on the wrong hard

3 Days After Activation I'm getting Activation Error with no f
Sean McPoland smcpol...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment hi, well after finding practically no information anywhere about the above IF YOU DO NOT have System Restore on - then i think the only method of resetting the system is to reinstall windows from the original disk using UPGRADE

Microsoft Product Activation
I formatted my hard yesterday after getting a decent trojan and reinstalled it and have to go through the same progress again. Guess what microsoft, it is fairly easy to get a cracked copy of office. Its even easier to get a cracked copy of Windows. You make it difficult for people to use the product and thats when

Activation after Reinstall?
Is it possible to 'go back' and do a clean install in this situation? If so ,how do i go about doing this without having to purchase another key? Yes, just reactivate. If it won't go through on the internet then do the phone activation. You can reinstall/reactivate as many times as you want on the same system.

reinstallation of Office 2002 after Office 2000
As you know, when you install it for the first time, you have 30 days to activate via Internet or by phone. In my case, I could activate automatically by the Internet the first 5 times (due to my job, sometime I have to format and reinstal my Windows more than a regular user do usually). After the 5th time,

OT: Microsoft XP Antipiracy Lunacy ???
Okay then, you mention PK (product key), how can it be used to activate XP systems should it be necessary, say after support enmd and/or after major hardware changes WITHOUT calling Microsoft for activation? And you may be more right in your interpretation of what had been intended, though to qualify my comment,

Windows Product Activation
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Mil...@mvps.org microsoft public office setup Uninstall, then reinstall on the new computer and use the telephone method. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer JamesB <anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com> asked: how do I deactivate MS Office XP on my old computer

Activation a problem after reinstall?
I had to reinstall a dozen or so commercial software. I am so glad that only microsoft does this system for now. What a nigthmare it would be if I have to Between reinstalling the OS, repartitioning, reinstalling all the applications and drivers, redowloading and reinstalling the updates, rebooting after each

Activation popup shows after reinstall
Rocky Top MissBarba...@nospam.attbi.com microsoft public windowsxp general If it's only good for that computer, then it stands to reason if it was left to you it's still good. You have to activate not register. Barb "Dan Beale" <d...@hbmodules.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:uuHYwufbCHA.1652@tkmsftngp11.

Vista Ultimate OEM REinstall
(And possibly removed, and possibly not by using "Add remove programs") I would like to reinstall the os. I have done this with Win95/98 and 2k. Is it a similar experience with XP? Am I likely to run into issues with Product activation? The OS is a real, legal, properly licensed one, but it was owned by someone who

vista reinstall after system-crash - activation failed
AJR ajr...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Use phone activation - however if you are planning to reinstall a Vista upgrade -say from Home Basic to Home Premium - a new key is required. "cofimerlin" <cofimer...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Reinstall Vista after product key activation
And the telephone method will be the only way of activating after you have used up your allocated number of Internet activations. <snipped "real piracy" blurb> Activation is difficult to complete. Product Activation is actually very simple to complete. It requires just a few mouse clicks for those with Internet

How to reinstall DirectX 8.1 in XP Pro?
You still don't need to format a hard drive just to reinstall the OS, even with a virgin install in mind. If you think you do, then you're mistaken. The *only* time a format is required is after creating a partition, before using it for the first time. "John" <audet...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message