Re: XP activation issue

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"On a web forum someone is saying..."
Someone is wrong and spreading FUD, hopefully no one depends on this
"someone" for any type of information.
There is no limit and never has been a limit for the number of activations
on the original computer.
The "6" you heard is also a myth.
Those and other myths are mostly spread by Microsoft critics relying on fear
instead of facts to spread their feelings toward Microsoft.
You can install and activate as often as you want and the worst case is a
call to Microsoft for activation.

More activation facts here:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

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"Peasant" <poor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone get the below happen to them before?

Something that has me irked with activation is that twice now I have had
to reactivate when I haven't even changed any hardware. First time was
after installing an older version of Winamp and it said I had to reboot
the computer, upon reboot it said my hardware had changed significantly
and I had to reactivate (just prior to installing Winamp I had played a
Starforce protected game). The second time it happened was after
installing a Starforce protected game and it said I needed to reboot to
install the SF drivers. Again, upon reboot it said I had to reactivate
because my hardware had changed significantly. The first time I called MS
about it and the guy blamed it on my hardware, I blamed it on their faulty
activation scheme. This is something I am going to keep a close eye on,
especially if it is related to Starforce. I will make a big stink about it
but I have to be sure who the culprit is first.

I have one small question regarding XP activation too. On a web forum
someone is saying that XP has a total hard coded limit on the max amount
of activations you can do with XP. He said he was told by the MS person
doing his activation that it is stored on a central server and the total
times you can activate is kept secret. Anyone hear that before? I thought
the amount of activations was reset every six months and it is set to six.


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