First Reactivation

[4Ryan6]

Just did some serious upgrading, and had to reactivate WinXP Pro, did it by telephone, took about 10Min, other than the inconvenience, it wasn't a big deal at all, painless actually.

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[DaveP]

Just curious. Do you have the OEM or the retail version?
Just wondering because I might have to do the same thing soon.

Edit: Or does it even matter?

Peace comes only after absolute victory <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by davep on 04/02/03 06:43 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[AndrewT]

what a waste of money having people at the phones for this activation goof, but I guess Bill got enough $ to waste so no big deal

<b><font color=blue>Press 1 if you want to be on hold, 2 for disconnect, 3 for a representative who will put you on hold before disconnecting.</font color=blue></b>

 

[alltaken]

well actually its a good security feature.

SO GOOD THAT I HAVE TO BLOODY WELL RING UP EVERY TIME I RE-INSTALL

i didn't realise it had a 5 TIMES activation limit.
and i unwitingly activated it every time i re-installed it (even before i had loaded any programs onto it or anything.



Arrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh its just a bit more annoying than pressing a button and the NUMBER IS HUGE!!!

Alltaken

 

[4Ryan6]

OEM version, they didn't even ask me any questions, I told the guy I'd done some hardware upgrading, he said it didn't matter he didn't even need that information, and gave me the key to reactivate it.

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[DaveP]

OK.. Cool!

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