Re: Wireless LAN & Activation

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Hi James,

Have added many wireless adapters on XP Pro without the need for activation.
Hope all goes well for you. :o)

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"James E Middleton" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Before I shoot myself in the foot, I figure I'd better ask.
>
> Running XP Pro fresh setup, about three months old. I want to add a
> wireless card, will XP try to reactivate? (Using onboard LAN card now. LAN
> card being one of the components watched for activation.)
>
> Normally not a problem, with a simple phone call, the problem is solved, I
> know. But my computer is in an office in which I do not have access to a
> phone. (Hard to believe, but true. - Long story short, I work at a school
> in Japan and do not have access to an outside line to call the
> international Activation line, and the Japanese Activation line is for the
> Japanese version.)
>
> I need the computer for class, and if activation cripples the machine and
> I have to reactivate, I have to lug the computer home...
>
> Any idea?
>


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