Re: i need help finding where to reactivate windows xp.

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From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 06:57:35 +0100

Hi

Have you manually used the Product Code to install XP yourself - or was XP installed on a new PC that you purchased? 

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
"lost user" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:29459640-2850-4086-A8C9-A91650537B20@microsoft.com...
| I recently partitioned and formated my harddrive. I reinstalled windows but windows xp won't exept my old product registration code.  Where do i go to to find a new code, or find a way to use my old one.  Help would be appreicated.
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