Re: Xp Reinstall

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:02:32 -0800

Thanks I was hoping for a better Resolution But thats the
world we live in. I wish i would have known this before i
did the clean install.
>-----Original Message-----
>Anytime you have something stolen or lose something,
>the only course of action is to go out and purchase a
>replacement.....same in your unfortunate case.
>
>"Contrary to what many journalists and members of the
>user community have written in recent months, restoring
>these files (WPA) will not restore your activation
status following
>a reformat and clean install."
>
>Ref: http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm (Hint #3)
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
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>
>"Fred" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message:
> news:9cdc01c40623$224202f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| My computer was almost dead. the only way that i could
>| boot it up was to put the xp disk in and boot from
there,
>| that is how bad i got. I was watching tech tv and they
>| recomended reinstalling windows once a year. So i had
a
>| program called tweakxp and i used this to back up my
>| computer's activation. Then i reformatted the hard
drive
>| and went to reinstall windows. Here is the problem. I
Do
>| Not have the Product key for the one i was using,
Stolen
>| When some one broke in my house. I didn't think i
would
>| need it since i backed up the activation. So inorder
to
>| get my computer up i used another windowsxp disk
thinking
>| i could install it and then use my wpa.dbl i backup on
a
>| floppy. Needless to say that it did not work. What do
i
>| do. I do not want <or Have The Money Right Now> to buy
xp
>| pro agian. Is there something i can due. i have my
backed
>| up activation and a computer counting down!!!!!!
>.
>

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