XP Activation Question

[Ron Yuen]

I had to do a reinstalltion of XP "over the top" to clear up some issues that
I had when I created a cloned copy of my drive to use as a backup in case my
main drive died. After I dd this, I went to MS updates and downloaded some
critical updates for Windows. After doing this and rebooting, I went to check
and see if there were any more updates that I needed to download and it
brought me to a Windows Validation page that validated my copy (which is legal
by the way) of XP. It came up with a funny message that basically said that
it was unable to determine if it was a valid copy. I tried the verify process
several other times last night and finally made up my mind to reinstall XP
from scratch today thinking that if I cannot validate my copy of XP then I
will not be able to receive any Windows updates any more. Lo and behold today
when I turned on my PC, I got a message in my system tray that said I have 41
updates for Windows to be installed!! After answering yes to the updates all
seems well right now. I go to the Windows update page and it doesn't ask for
me to validate any more. Also, I do not have the icon in System Tools that
allows you to validate Windows.

My question is, is there a way to know if Windows has been sucessfully
activated? I don't want XP to stop working in 30 days!

Thanks to all who reply.



-Ron

[JS]

Try this: In Windows, users can click Start/All Programs/Accessories/System
Tools, then click Activate Windows.

If your product is activated, the windows product activation window will
indicate it.

JS

"Ron Yuen" > wrote in message
...
>I had to do a reinstalltion of XP "over the top" to clear up some issues
>that
> I had when I created a cloned copy of my drive to use as a backup in case
> my
> main drive died. After I dd this, I went to MS updates and downloaded
> some
> critical updates for Windows. After doing this and rebooting, I went to
> check
> and see if there were any more updates that I needed to download and it
> brought me to a Windows Validation page that validated my copy (which is
> legal
> by the way) of XP. It came up with a funny message that basically said
> that
> it was unable to determine if it was a valid copy. I tried the verify
> process
> several other times last night and finally made up my mind to reinstall XP
> from scratch today thinking that if I cannot validate my copy of XP then I
> will not be able to receive any Windows updates any more. Lo and behold
> today
> when I turned on my PC, I got a message in my system tray that said I have
> 41
> updates for Windows to be installed!! After answering yes to the updates
> all
> seems well right now. I go to the Windows update page and it doesn't ask
> for
> me to validate any more. Also, I do not have the icon in System Tools
> that
> allows you to validate Windows.
>
> My question is, is there a way to know if Windows has been sucessfully
> activated? I don't want XP to stop working in 30 days!
>
> Thanks to all who reply.
>
>
>
> -Ron

[Andrew E.]

Go to run,type:WinVer

"Ron Yuen" wrote:

> I had to do a reinstalltion of XP "over the top" to clear up some issues that
> I had when I created a cloned copy of my drive to use as a backup in case my
> main drive died. After I dd this, I went to MS updates and downloaded some
> critical updates for Windows. After doing this and rebooting, I went to check
> and see if there were any more updates that I needed to download and it
> brought me to a Windows Validation page that validated my copy (which is legal
> by the way) of XP. It came up with a funny message that basically said that
> it was unable to determine if it was a valid copy. I tried the verify process
> several other times last night and finally made up my mind to reinstall XP
> from scratch today thinking that if I cannot validate my copy of XP then I
> will not be able to receive any Windows updates any more. Lo and behold today
> when I turned on my PC, I got a message in my system tray that said I have 41
> updates for Windows to be installed!! After answering yes to the updates all
> seems well right now. I go to the Windows update page and it doesn't ask for
> me to validate any more. Also, I do not have the icon in System Tools that
> allows you to validate Windows.
>
> My question is, is there a way to know if Windows has been sucessfully
> activated? I don't want XP to stop working in 30 days!
>
> Thanks to all who reply.
>
>
>
> -Ron
>