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Activate WinXP without Activation Key
On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:00:12 -0200, Shadow wrote:
Only a fool gives M$ their hardware and personal details, which is what online registration is all about. There is NOTHING about handing over your data on the XP contract. You bought it, it's yours. When you activate you can leave the registration data blank or just make stuff up. I bet Harry Balz has hundreds of copies. |
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Activate WinXP without Activation Key
On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:52:05 -0200, Shadow wrote:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:36:19 -0500, wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:00:12 -0200, Shadow wrote: Only a fool gives M$ their hardware and personal details, which is what online registration is all about. There is NOTHING about handing over your data on the XP contract. You bought it, it's yours. When you activate you can leave the registration data blank or just make stuff up. I bet Harry Balz has hundreds of copies. It sends the MAC address of your network card(s) and in later versions your HD serial and CPU number. For tracking purposes. You CAN'T leave that "blank" if you do online activation. It's sent automatically. If you phone, you give them your name, address, phone number and also the XP serial number, (and depending on your country, your social security number) so that is also not anonymous. NOTHING on the TOS saying you have give them ANY personal data. So why hand it over ? []'s You posted via google. You can't be too worried about privacy. |
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Activate WinXP without an Activation Key
On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 21:09:04 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , writes: [] Even if there is still support for "ACTIVATING" WinXP after you install it. MS Activation Support WILL END some day. Then what? Some of us may want to continue using WinXP, after replacing a bad HDD (example), then install WinXP, which will need to be "ACTIVATED". John Image your drive frequently (including any hidden partitions). Then you can restore to a new HD. Much quicker than installing, activating, reinstalling all your software, and then tweaking it all to how you like it. I did this with an OEM system (to a somewhat larger HD, too), and didn't require any activation. (I used the free version of Macrium 5, booted from a mini-CD, to make and restore the image; however, I suspect all the alternatives - Acronis, EaseUS, etc. - work just as well. [Backup your data partition too - I use SyncToy for that.]) Hi, I wasn't actually speaking for myself ("Some of us may..."). Note: I have my own Back Up "system" that will work on my current old computers after Activation Support comes to an end, if I replace the HDD (example). However, my BU "system" will NOT "work" if I get another old computer. John |
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