Windows XP OEM and SP2 activation

[Nikhil Bendre]

Hi,

My firm has purchased compaq pcs with pre-installed Windows XP Pro in 2002.
I have just installed SP2 on one pc. After first restart Windows asked me to
activate in 30 days. If I resinstall Windows using Compaq CD it does not
require activation. The problem is that there are quite a few nos of pcs and
i would have to reactivate each of them in case sp2 is updated on all of
these. Any workaround from MS or should I request for Windows XP including
SP2 from Compaq.

With Regards,
Nikhil Bendre

[CS]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:34:44 +0530, "Nikhil Bendre" >
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My firm has purchased compaq pcs with pre-installed Windows XP Pro in 2002.
>I have just installed SP2 on one pc. After first restart Windows asked me to
>activate in 30 days. If I resinstall Windows using Compaq CD it does not
>require activation. The problem is that there are quite a few nos of pcs and
>i would have to reactivate each of them in case sp2 is updated on all of
>these. Any workaround from MS or should I request for Windows XP including
>SP2 from Compaq.
>
>With Regards,
>Nikhil Bendre

Compaq machines are very proprietary. Contact HP support and ask them
if they have a version of SP2 available instead of the downloadable
version from Microsoft. What they may have is a version of XP that
already includes SP2. However, any update will probably have to be
purchased from them. Make sure your company is willing to spend the
money first.

[LAD]

Why not to use Linux or even Unix?

Today PCs should be able to handle Unix.

Salutations

LAD

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Proprietary or not, you do not get SP-2 from the computer
manufacturer.
Microsoft is the ONLY legitimate source for Windows Service Packs.
The manufacturer may make a patch to facilitate the installation of
SP-2, but that is not the same as SP-2.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"CS" > wrote in message
...
> Compaq machines are very proprietary. Contact HP support and ask
> them
> if they have a version of SP2 available instead of the downloadable
> version from Microsoft. What they may have is a version of XP that
> already includes SP2. However, any update will probably have to be
> purchased from them. Make sure your company is willing to spend the
> money first.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Contact Compaq to see if there are issues with your specific model and
configuration with SP-2.
If there are none, you may have an isolated problem not indicative of
all your computers.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Nikhil Bendre" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> My firm has purchased compaq pcs with pre-installed Windows XP Pro
> in 2002.
> I have just installed SP2 on one pc. After first restart Windows
> asked me to
> activate in 30 days. If I resinstall Windows using Compaq CD it does
> not
> require activation. The problem is that there are quite a few nos of
> pcs and
> i would have to reactivate each of them in case sp2 is updated on
> all of
> these. Any workaround from MS or should I request for Windows XP
> including
> SP2 from Compaq.
>
> With Regards,
> Nikhil Bendre

[Alex Nichol]

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

>Proprietary or not, you do not get SP-2 from the computer
>manufacturer.
>Microsoft is the ONLY legitimate source for Windows Service Packs.
>The manufacturer may make a patch to facilitate the installation of
>SP-2, but that is not the same as SP-2.

But HP/Compaq *do* have some things that need doing before applying SP2.

And we see various people saying trouble with the 'activation baloon'
coming up after SP2 - it would be interesting to know if all of these
are HP/Compaq


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)