Re: Product Activation
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:15:53 -0700
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:16:00 -0700, Fazal
<Fazal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok I think Im alittle confused here. I specifically went through the trouble
of resintalling windows from an original CD (as I was originally using a
pirated copy) so I could use windows 'legally' and take advantage of the
various benefits (SP2, security updates, etc.) Now that I try to activate it,
it says my product key has already exhausted the number of times it can be
used for activation. Im practically using a brand new CD, I think Ive only
used this CD once before and that was to install and activate windows on
another computer.
The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each
computer.
There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only
thing new with XP is that there's now an enforcement mechanism.
If yours is a retail version, not an OEM one, you can buy extra
licenses (see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp). But it's
not generally a good deal. The problem is that Microsoft sells
additional licenses at only a small savings over the list price.
You're almost certainly better off just buying a complete second copy
from a discount source.
What does this mean...all the money I paid for the CD is
down the drain??? just because its been activated once before? Can someone
please help me out??
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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