You are confusing the issue. Product Activation is mandatory
and "registration" is entirely optional.

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"Sparda" wrote:

| Although I legally own my copy of XP, i chose not to activate windows,
| living in England and not the US or any other country, it is perfectly
| legal to by pass the windows activation, I prefer my anonymity, the
| less information I send to Microsoft, the better, plus I can use this
| copy of XP on many different PC (obviously not at the same time :P)