Re: Product Activation again????

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:37:16 +0100

Matt U.K. wrote:

>I've been using Win XP Pro (dual boot with W2K) for about six months now
>very pleased with it, decided to upgrade my graphics card. I installed the
>card about 5 days ago no problems (XP picked it up and re-booted itself),
>tried to use XP yesterday and was prompted to activate XP again???? When I
>tried to do this my pc was unable to contact the 'Activation Server' via my
>broadband connection or modem. Connection to the internet is fine via W2K,
>no changes were made to my internet connections.
>
>I thought XP permitted a number of hardware changes before it would prompt
>to re-activate again via Microsoft.

It does; but the card may have pushed things over the edge if you made
earlier changes, and also it can arise if the activation database files
on the machine get damaged. There can be difficulty in contacting the
server if you do it at boot; or let it try to establish the connection.
Get on the net first, then go to
Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Activate Windows 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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