Activation of XP

[Lynn W]

My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps getting a
pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in. I thought a
preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.

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Lynn

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps getting
a
> pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in. I thought
a
> preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.



Not in every case.
So he just has to activate.

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Regards,

Mike
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"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps getting
a
> pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in. I thought
a
> preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
>
> --
> Lynn
>
>

[Lynn W]

Oh right thanks, I'll tell him. My laptop came from Toshiba and I didn't
have to activate so I thought they were all the same for OEM versions.

--
Lynn
"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps
getting
> a
> > pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in. I
thought
> a
> > preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
>
>
>
> Not in every case.
> So he just has to activate.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> newsgroups
>
> "Lynn W" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he keeps
getting
> a
> > pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in. I
thought
> a
> > preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
> >
> > --
> > Lynn
> >
> >
>
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Lynn;
Most OEMs do preactivate but that is entirely up to OEM.
Microsoft gives the OEMs several options when it comes to how
activation is to be accomplished.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Lynn W" > wrote in message
...
> Oh right thanks, I'll tell him. My laptop came from Toshiba and I
didn't
> have to activate so I thought they were all the same for OEM
versions.
>
> --
> Lynn
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in
message
> ...
> > "Lynn W" > wrote in
message
> > ...
> > > My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he
keeps
> getting
> > a
> > > pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in.
I
> thought
> > a
> > > preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Not in every case.
> > So he just has to activate.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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> > rights
> >
> > Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use
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> > newsgroups
> >
> > "Lynn W" > wrote in
message
> > ...
> > > My brother has just had a new laptop Packard Bell he says he
keeps
> getting
> > a
> > > pop telling him to activate XP and he has 30 days to do it in.
I
> thought
> > a
> > > preinstalled version was already activated by the Manufacturer.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Lynn
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[The Unknown P]

Some OEM's if shipped directly to you from the manufacturer and not purchased through a retail outlet may not be activated. It is a simple procedure to do either over the internet or phone. Once this is done I highly recommend going into windows\system32 a
nd locating the wpa.dbl file and copying this to a floppy disk. This is your product activation file, don't bother trying to read it it's heavily encoded, and if you ever have to reinstall the OS you simply do so without having to activate and then replace
the file in the windows\system32 folder with the one you copied to your floppy disk and voila instant activation anywhere anytime. This only works on the same machine that the original wpa.dbl file came from. This is not a way of getting around the activa
tion. The encoded file contains information about your OS and the various pieces of your sytem like the Mother Board. Good luck.

[David Williams]

"The Unknown P" > wrote in message
...
> Some OEM's if shipped directly to you from the manufacturer and not
purchased through a retail outlet may not be activated. It is a simple
procedure to do either over the internet or phone. Once this is done I
highly recommend going into windows\system32 and locating the wpa.dbl file
and copying this to a floppy disk. This is your product activation file,
don't bother trying to read it it's heavily encoded, and if you ever have to
reinstall the OS you simply do so without having to activate and then
replace the file in the windows\system32 folder with the one you copied to
your floppy disk and voila instant activation anywhere anytime. This only
works on the same machine that the original wpa.dbl file came from. This is
not a way of getting around the activation. The encoded file contains
information about your OS and the various pieces of your sytem like the
Mother Board. Good luck.

That will only work if you do a repair install, not a format.