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JonMichael

June 5th 04, 05:18 AM

I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
mac address, ip address...

I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
activated it 2 times?

Haus

June 5th 04, 05:18 AM

Hello
There is no limit on the number of time you can activate XP.
Registration is not a requirement each time in order to activate.

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"JonMichael" > wrote in message
...
> I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
> factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
> mac address, ip address...
>
> I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
> complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
> and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
> Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
> over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
> registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
> on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
> have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
> activated it 2 times?

Rob

June 5th 04, 05:18 AM

No

"JonMichael" > wrote in message
...
> I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
> factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
> mac address, ip address...
>
> I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
> complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
> and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
> Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
> over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
> registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
> on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
> have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
> activated it 2 times?

kurttrail

June 5th 04, 05:18 AM

JonMichael wrote:

> I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
> factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
> mac address, ip address...
>
> I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
> complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
> and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
> Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
> over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
> registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
> on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
> have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
> activated it 2 times?

"Activation is different from product registration. If they wish, customers
may *voluntarily* register their product by providing their name and contact
information . . . . Re-installation and re-activation on the same PC can be
done an *unlimited* number of times." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp#privacy

Other Informative Product Activation Links
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

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Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)

June 5th 04, 05:18 AM

If you are using a retail version of XP you can activate as many times as
you need to - on the same computer.

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"JonMichael" > wrote in message
...
> I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
> factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
> mac address, ip address...
>
> I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
> complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
> and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
> Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
> over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
> registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
> on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
> have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
> activated it 2 times?

kurttrail

June 5th 04, 05:41 AM

Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) wrote:

> If you are using a retail version of XP you can activate as many
> times as you need to - on the same computer.
>

Actually that's for OEM, according to MS's interpretation of their OEM EULA.

XP Retail can be activated on different computers as long as it is installed
on only one computer at a time, according to MS's interpretation of their
Retail EULA.

If you are gonna spread MS FUD-based, legally-unsubstantiated rules, at
least get them right, Crusty. ;-)

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Bruce Chambers

June 5th 04, 05:45 AM

Greetings --

There's no limit to the number of times you can reinstall and
activate the same WinXP license on the same PC. Nor is there ever a
charge. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated
that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to activate via
the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to
make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

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"JonMichael" > wrote in message
...
> I'm just concerned with the limit of activations, and the
> factors of how they counted. Is it registration info,
> mac address, ip address...
>
> I recently bought WinXP Pro and installed it, no
> complaints. I did however, fry my mother board later on
> and corrupted my hard drive, so I had to replace those.
> Now, in doing so, I had to register and activate XP all
> over again, now I'm curious. I used the same
> registration info bothe times, but I'm a little confused
> on that. If I had to start over like that again, would I
> have to go out a buy WinXP again? Because I've already
> activated it 2 times?

Alex Nichol

June 5th 04, 10:50 PM