Re: Product Validation After Reformat/Reinstall

Allogene wrote:
I recently had a virus attack that messed up a bunch of my files and deleted a few keys in the registry necessary for the full functioning of Windows. I want to reformat and reinstall XP but will have to validate again. Won't the validation procedure at MS see that I already validated the same copy of XP before and nullify my validation? It is a new retail version of XP Pro. What can I do? I'm sure that this was answered many times but I've searched through the threads a bit and couldn't find an answer. Thanks

Just reinstall and it will activate on line and validate if you feel you need IE7, WMP11, Windows Defender, etc. If you're reinstalling on the same computer you shouldn't have to phone activate but if you do, they will activate you with no problems.

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