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May 24th 04, 09:57 PM
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activation problem
HI,
my brother loaded my dad's XP upgrade on to his own computer with out realizing that the license agreement is for 1 pc only. He let the activation grace period run out and now can't activate. Is there any thing we can do to revert back to 98 or even just retrieve some of his saved info? Thanx. 
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May 24th 04, 09:57 PM
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Go out and purchase a new copy of Windows XP
and proceed with a "Repair Install". How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm How to Uninstall Windows XP and Revert to a Previous Operating System http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303661 How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;255867 1. Delete the Windows XP partition. 2. Create a new partition. 3. Format the new partition FAT32. 4. Install your desired Operating System. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows XP - Shell/User Be Smart! Protect your PC! http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "aaron" wrote in message: ... | HI, | my brother loaded my dad's XP upgrade on to his own | computer with out realizing that the license agreement is | for 1 pc only. He let the activation grace period run | out and now can't activate. Is there any thing we can do | to revert back to 98 or even just retrieve some of his | saved info? | Thanx.
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May 24th 04, 11:53 PM
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If you had windows 98. Start xp in safe mode F8.
Add/remove programs. Choose uninstall XP. That should work. That's if you backed up the files. Still back up your data. I thought Microsoft gave people an Option to buy a license for a second computer because of the confusion between xp & Microsoft office. I guess that only for the retail version. On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:39:45 -0500, "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Go out and purchase a new copy of Windows XP and proceed with a "Repair Install". How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm How to Uninstall Windows XP and Revert to a Previous Operating System http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303661 How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;255867 1. Delete the Windows XP partition. 2. Create a new partition. 3. Format the new partition FAT32. 4. Install your desired Operating System.
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