is M$'s license server still working?

[T]

Hi All,

Is M$'s license server still working to activate XP keys?

Many thanks,
-T

[T]

On 07/09/2015 08:24 AM, wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:16:00 -0700, T > wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is M$'s license server still working to activate XP keys?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
> Better than ever in my experience. It seems to OK just about anything
> ;-)
>
> I just registered 2 different machines within 12 hours on the same
> key. They were both Compaq D6xx machines but they obviously did not
> have exactly the same hardware profile. The old days of having to call
> the 800 number with a song and dance seem to be gone
>


Thank you!

I have a clone coming up and when you fire XP on
the new hardware it instantly wants to be validated.
(The trick is to do it in safe mode command prompt,
then start explorer.)

[micky[_2_]]

On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:21:26 -0400, wrote:

>On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:03:11 -0700, T > wrote:
>
>>On 07/09/2015 08:24 AM, wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:16:00 -0700, T > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Is M$'s license server still working to activate XP keys?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> -T
>>>
>>> Better than ever in my experience. It seems to OK just about anything
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> I just registered 2 different machines within 12 hours on the same
>>> key. They were both Compaq D6xx machines but they obviously did not
>>> have exactly the same hardware profile. The old days of having to call
>>> the 800 number with a song and dance seem to be gone
>>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>I have a clone coming up and when you fire XP on
>>the new hardware it instantly wants to be validated.
>>(The trick is to do it in safe mode command prompt,
>>then start explorer.)
>>
>
>Why not just plug it into the interweb and let it validate? You will
>get about 133 updates right away if you started with the SP3 load.
>
>I am thinking about just making a CD with all of those updates so I
>can do it without having to wait for the downloads. I am just not
>exactly sure how to do it.

There are instructions out there how to do what you want -- they all say
the same thing -- but I tried them over and over and couldnt' get them
to work.

If you figure out what I did wrong, please let me know. If you figure
out that the instructions have an error, please let me know.

IIRC, I would run one of the steps and the output was identical to the
major input. It didnt' absorb the service pack.

The technique was iirc supposed to allow incorporating one's own
favorite software in the install CD, but since I couldn't even get the
service packs merged with XP, there was no point in trying other stuff.

[Bob F[_2_]]

micky wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:21:26 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:03:11 -0700, T > wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/09/2015 08:24 AM, wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:16:00 -0700, T > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is M$'s license server still working to activate XP keys?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>> -T
>>>>
>>>> Better than ever in my experience. It seems to OK just about
>>>> anything ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I just registered 2 different machines within 12 hours on the same
>>>> key. They were both Compaq D6xx machines but they obviously did not
>>>> have exactly the same hardware profile. The old days of having to
>>>> call the 800 number with a song and dance seem to be gone
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> I have a clone coming up and when you fire XP on
>>> the new hardware it instantly wants to be validated.
>>> (The trick is to do it in safe mode command prompt,
>>> then start explorer.)
>>>
>>
>> Why not just plug it into the interweb and let it validate? You will
>> get about 133 updates right away if you started with the SP3 load.
>>
>> I am thinking about just making a CD with all of those updates so I
>> can do it without having to wait for the downloads. I am just not
>> exactly sure how to do it.
>
> There are instructions out there how to do what you want -- they all
> say the same thing -- but I tried them over and over and couldnt'
> get them to work.
>
> If you figure out what I did wrong, please let me know. If you
> figure out that the instructions have an error, please let me know.
>
> IIRC, I would run one of the steps and the output was identical to the
> major input. It didnt' absorb the service pack.
>
> The technique was iirc supposed to allow incorporating one's own
> favorite software in the install CD, but since I couldn't even get the
> service packs merged with XP, there was no point in trying other
> stuff.

I made a slipstream disk with XP SP3 and many of the updates after that. After
finding many updates not slipstreamable, I also downloaded all the updates that
the WSUS updater had available. Running the updater added a lot of the XP
updates that I couldn't get on the slipstream disk. I still then have to run
wondows update a few time to get the rest of the updates. This process is faster
than getting everything from the MS site, but it was a tiresome project.

[Ben Myers[_9_]]

"micky" > wrote in message ...
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:21:26 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 11:03:11 -0700, T > wrote:
>>
>>>On 07/09/2015 08:24 AM, wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 23:16:00 -0700, T > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is M$'s license server still working to activate XP keys?
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>> -T
>>>>
>>>> Better than ever in my experience. It seems to OK just about anything
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I just registered 2 different machines within 12 hours on the same
>>>> key. They were both Compaq D6xx machines but they obviously did not
>>>> have exactly the same hardware profile. The old days of having to call
>>>> the 800 number with a song and dance seem to be gone
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thank you!
>>>
>>>I have a clone coming up and when you fire XP on
>>>the new hardware it instantly wants to be validated.
>>>(The trick is to do it in safe mode command prompt,
>>>then start explorer.)
>>>
>>
>>Why not just plug it into the interweb and let it validate? You will
>>get about 133 updates right away if you started with the SP3 load.
>>
>>I am thinking about just making a CD with all of those updates so I
>>can do it without having to wait for the downloads. I am just not
>>exactly sure how to do it.
>
> There are instructions out there how to do what you want -- they all say
> the same thing -- but I tried them over and over and couldnt' get them
> to work.
>
> If you figure out what I did wrong, please let me know. If you figure
> out that the instructions have an error, please let me know.
>
> IIRC, I would run one of the steps and the output was identical to the
> major input. It didnt' absorb the service pack.
>
> The technique was iirc supposed to allow incorporating one's own
> favorite software in the install CD, but since I couldn't even get the
> service packs merged with XP, there was no point in trying other stuff.

The problem was usually that the version of Internet Explorer that came with
XP is no longer compatible with Windows Update. The easiest solution I've
found is to install the stand-alone upgrade. In apparently updates several components
and allows Internet Explorer to handle Windows Update.

http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe

Ben