Windows activation, i re-formatted, and now it wont let me activate!!

[Mike]

Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
saying "according to our records, the number of times you
can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
how i can fix this

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Mike" > wrote:

>Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
>formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
>saying "according to our records, the number of times you
>can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
>how i can fix this

Contact the Microsoft Customer Service (in the US or Canada call
800-426-9400 or visit http://www.microsoft.com/support/contact_us/).
Alternative: try activating via Telephone.

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[Thorsten Matzner]

"Mike" > wrote:

>Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
>formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
>saying "according to our records, the number of times you
>can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
>how i can fix this

Contact the Microsoft Customer Service (in the US or Canada call
800-426-9400 or visit http://www.microsoft.com/support/contact_us/).
Alternative: try activating via Telephone.

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(tm)

[Don Burnette]

Mike wrote:
> Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
> formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
> saying "according to our records, the number of times you
> can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
> how i can fix this

It should give you an option to activate by phone, click on that option and
enter your local, and it should give you a toll free activation number to
call.
Tell them why you are re-activating, they will give you a new activation
number to enter in, and you'll be activated. I had to do this only once in
the several times I have re-activated, and it was very painless and took
about 5 minutes.

Don Burnette

[Don Burnette]

Mike wrote:
> Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
> formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
> saying "according to our records, the number of times you
> can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
> how i can fix this

It should give you an option to activate by phone, click on that option and
enter your local, and it should give you a toll free activation number to
call.
Tell them why you are re-activating, they will give you a new activation
number to enter in, and you'll be activated. I had to do this only once in
the several times I have re-activated, and it was very painless and took
about 5 minutes.

Don Burnette

[AC]

On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:53:30 -0700, "Mike" > wrote:

>Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
>formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
>saying "according to our records, the number of times you
>can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
>how i can fix this

Try activate by phone or buy a new copy of XP Pro. :-)

AC

[Joel Tanzi]

Microsoft recycles the activation key every 6 months (or so I'm told). If
you attempt to reactivate in less than that time you will run into this
problem. A phone call to MS support will take care of it. They are pretty
understanding about these issues, as they come with the territory.

-J


"AC" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:53:30 -0700, "Mike" > wrote:
>
> >Please help me, I have windows XP Pro, and i re-
> >formatted, and now i can't activate, it just keeps
> >saying "according to our records, the number of times you
> >can activate windows has been exceeded". Please tell me
> >how i can fix this
>
> Try activate by phone or buy a new copy of XP Pro. :-)
>
> AC