Product Activation on new PC

Ken

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"Ken Blake" wrote in message ...
"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
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Please correct me. I thought it was 120 days, not 90.


I didn't check it (and don't have time to check it now), but my memory told
me it was 90 days.

Anybody else here know for sure?



"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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"DLMacHead" wrote in message
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Thanks. I figured I'd have end up calling.


As I said in my other message momemnts ago, *only* if it's been fewer
than 90 days since the last activation.



"Leonard Grey" wrote:

Here's how the new activation works, explained in my inimitable style.

Our play opens as you are installing XP on the new computer:

You [noticing the product activation screen]: Whaddaya mean I can't use
this product key?! Oh look, there's a phone number to call. Think I'll
try it.

Microsoft: I see you're trying to activate the same license key on two
different computers. Naughty, naughty.

You: No, no...I formatted the hard drive on the old computer. I'm just
transferring my copy of XP to a new computer. It's a retail copy of XP,
I can do that.

Microsoft: Of course you can. I'll just use an algorithm based on the
hardware in your new computer to generate a form of GUID that
identifies
your computer and then activate your copy of Windows to your new
computer. There, all done.

You: Thank you.

Microsoft: Can I interest you in upgrading to Vista?

You: Oops, someone just rang the doorbell. Gotta go...

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DLMacHead wrote:
It is a retail version (which I still have all original
media/box/documents
etc). This may be a stupid question, but if there is no
"de-activation", how
will my new activation actually work? Reason I ask, all of Adobe's
softwares
require a "transfer" or "de-activation" BEFORE I can install them on
a new
machine and activate them there.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

"DLMacHead" wrote in message
...

I'm a mac user, currently using Windows XP under boot camp on an
Intel
MacBook. I'm getting ready to sell this one and get a new one. How
do I
"de-activate" Windows XP on my old MacBook? so I can "re-activate"
on my
new
one?

Deactivation is neither necessary nor possible. Simply remove
Windows XP
from the old machine, then install it on the new one and activate it
there..

One additional point: the above presumes that your copy of XP is a
retail
one. If it's an OEM one, you may *not* do this. The biggest
disadvantage of
OEM copies (and the reason I recommend against them) is that the OEM
license
ties it permanently to the first computer it's installed on; it may
never be
installed on another, not even if the original computer dies.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
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Ken Blake wrote:
"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
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Please correct me. I thought it was 120 days, not 90.


I didn't check it (and don't have time to check it now), but my memory
told me it was 90 days.

Anybody else here know for sure?

It was 120 days when WinXP was first released; I don't know if it's ever
been changed. (I don't think so, but have never looked, either.)


Thanks, Bruce (and Peter). Then I simply remembered incorrectly. My
apologies.

Ken Blake wrote:



Thanks, Bruce (and Peter). Then I simply remembered incorrectly.


You're welcome. And it was a long time ago, in technology terms, anyway.


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