Re: upgrading hardware and activating windows xp

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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OyqZY99yGHA.4092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Frank wrote:


Elaboration:
Up until here recently I used to do a clean install with a XPHome slipstreamed
CD. I would then enter the product code from the box. It usually just activated
over the net, very seldom needed a phone call. I tried this the other day in order
to get rid of all the extras on a new Toshiba laptop. It flat out rejected the product
key from the box.

You seem to have it backwards, here. You purchased the product and
then subsequently determined that it wasn't the way you like. You're
supposed to decide that *before* making the purchase. It's remarkably
simple: if the vendor doesn't offer the product you want, all you have
to do is take your business elsewhere. But complaining about what you
got after you bought it is just a waste of time: you got exactly what
you paid for.

I have nothing backwards here. One XP product key, one computer.
I have been reinstalling as such for over 3 years to rid the preinstalls
of bloat.
.

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