Re: Registration of Windows XP Home

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Regisrtation is "always" optional! Activation is always required!
You can activate (and re-activate) XP hundreds of times!

Only limitation: If the XP is an OEM version, you can only use it on the
first machine you installed it on. It is forever tied to this PC.

"5hulses" <5hulses@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F617D626-E229-429B-8334-B91C7ECB43ED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I recently received a computer without an operating system thinking that I
> could install MY copy of windows xp, which I previously installed on a
> computer that died. After installing it, it says that I must register my
> copy to Microsoft. I believe that I already did with the computer that
> died.
> Is there a way to get around this, for I only have 1 copy of XP, which was
> installed already. If not, what happens when your computer stops working?
> Do you have to buy a new copy of WIndows XP?


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