Cancel Submit. I am still in the activation loop. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. My little trick seemed to have a snag. In explorer. You can watch this video at this url. See if it helps. Here's how it worked for me.
Reboot and the Reactivation dialog displays. This results in a slump in PC sales among Microsoft's partners, who get together and decide to put pressure on Microsoft to cease activities which could have some negative consequences on hardware sales.
Perhaps, if feasible, stop putting hardware IDs in their products, and making it impossible for an OS to ID them, so as to make any kind of hardware profile at all.
Perhaps also tell Microsoft, they will only return to putting identifiers in their hardware, only after any system such as WPA has been removed Anyway, if all that was really involved was seeing if it was the same machine or not At shutdown, save the config retrieved from hardware at time of boot, so that it can be used for the next comparison.
Well, not saying I agree with the product activation at all--I hate that crap--but when I upgrade my motherboard, I do a clean install anyway. I do like the suggestion about having XP compare the configuration over the last boot up rather than when it was activated last. Absolutely right! MS shouldn't be limiting you to how many things you upgrade. That's the thing that not everybody may know about XP, since the whole world isn't full of geeks like us;. Granted, the average joe schmoe doesn't usually upgrade a zillion parts per day, however, I would like to know how long the period of time is before you run into the upgrade limit.
I'd also like to know why the hell a cpu counts as 2. My biggest complaint about XP is the activation: It's hitting the majority of users who are legitimate customers who have bought their OS. It's also saying that MS doesn't trust it's customers to do anything right and that we're all crooked. A grace period of days between activations will open a window for power users to install Windows on a separate PC than the machine initially activated.
This means power users can perform substantial hardware changes without worry. Admittedly, this grace period does provide for a watered down version of WPA. Nieman told BetaNews, "What we are doing here is further fulfilling our strategy of erring on the side of the user - even to the extent that our effectiveness might be reduced. Microsoft firmly believes in striking that balance. The plan to offer pre-activation has been in the works over several months and requires BIOS information to be constructed in a specific manner.
Nieman predicated that mainly large and medium sized OEMs will be able to participate given that constraint. Because the dependency of pre-activated machines rests on BIOS information rather than a hardware hash, the prospect of defeating WPA through installing Windows on machines within the same brand name was raised. Microsoft had always planned to clarify activation, but believed it would best to wait until final changes were complete. I can imagine bios hacks with the activation feature coming out but I wouldn't want extra buggy code in my bios.
I'm with ya on that bios thing. That is one thing I don't want to mess with--putting in a buggy bios. If you've got a bad bios, things could be in the crapper before 2 long--a matter of seconds. Hi every one I am new to this forum, so thought a hi would be in order. I am among the few who had to make that call to Microsoft a few times. So I did some research and found that after activation all I had to do is go to the system32 folder and copy the wpa.
So far I have had no problems with the OS and upgrading with Microsofts web page has not been effected. On another note, if any one is getting as tired of Microsoft as I am there is an alternative OS. Xandros 3. The biggest draw back to this OS is hardware compatibility especially video cards.
But if you check out their support page they have an HCL , as well as a link to computers that have Xandros pre-installed.
It will remove the warning. In some cases it will allow Windows to continue running fully after the 30 day trial period. Results vary. Troubleshooting: In some cases after 30 days the user is presented with the message, " This copy of Windows must be activated with microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now? The two popular alternatives in this regard are as follows:.
Some users find it tough to decide which option is a must need for Windows XP. The creators have introduced it for both the options of bits that are 32 bits and 64 bits. The choice depends upon the kind of processor which is either 32 bit or 64 bit. The operating system is chosen accordingly. For heavy jobs, the second option is preferable as the bit version gives better and larger memory. The user can enjoy the options of Windows XP Home and professional product keys.
To use the most appropriate Windows XP product key the following steps are recommended. It is not a tough task to replace the product key after installing it on the system. The process involves the following steps:. If the product key is not correct then there is nothing to worry about. Follow a few steps and see the things happening. Your email address will not be published.
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