Re: Product Validation After Reformat/Reinstall
- From: Alias <alias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:11:03 +0100
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:00:01 -0800, Allogene
<Allogene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
That's a draconian solution to a virus problem that is very seldom
necessary. Anti-virus software usually works very well
But it's your choice, of course.
but will have to validate again.
No, what you will have to do is *activate* again.
Won't the validation procedure at MS see that I already validated the same copy of XP before and nullify my validation?
No. You can reinstall and reactivate as often as you need or want to.
Worst case, if you do it again with a 90-day period, you will have to
do it by a quick and easy voice phone call rather than over the
internet.
My experience is that if it's the same computer, you can activate on line even if only one day has passed since you last activated it.
Alias
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