windows xp Home Edition activation

[Michael H.]

After a couple of activations, it will not let you keep
reactivating. This is to prevent customers from
installing XP on multiple machines. Basically you have
broken the EULA by doing this, and therefore have no
right to use it again. You need to buy another copy of
XP. Newegg.com sells them for about half price of the
retail price. E-mail me at and I will
give you more information
>-----Original Message-----
>i purchased my own copy of windows xp. specifically to
>upgrade the computers i had at home at that time. i had
>two. i now have three computers, 3 running xp home and a
>new computer running xp Professional.
>i reconfigured one of my computers, installing a
>different hard drive and reinstalled windows on that old
>computer.
>
>when i went to activate MS is telling me the number is
>not good.
>
>how do i get this resolved and activated. i know my
>number is good i have used it before in this same way.
>.
>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In ,
Michael H. > typed:

> After a couple of activations, it will not let you keep
> reactivating.


This is completely false. You can activate as many times as you
need
to or want to, and it never costs anything. You may have to
activate via voice call to an 800 number, but that's quick and
easy and only slightly less convenient than doing so over the
internet.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> This is to prevent customers from
> installing XP on multiple machines. Basically you have
> broken the EULA by doing this, and therefore have no
> right to use it again. You need to buy another copy of
> XP. Newegg.com sells them for about half price of the
> retail price. E-mail me at and I will
> give you more information
>>-----Original Message-----
>>i purchased my own copy of windows xp. specifically to
>>upgrade the computers i had at home at that time. i had
>>two. i now have three computers, 3 running xp home and a
>>new computer running xp Professional.
>>i reconfigured one of my computers, installing a
>>different hard drive and reinstalled windows on that old
>>computer.
>>
>>when i went to activate MS is telling me the number is
>>not good.
>>
>>how do i get this resolved and activated. i know my
>>number is good i have used it before in this same way.
>>.