Windows XP Pro retail

[CaptJordus]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Did you activate the license ORIGINALLY (the first time you EVER did it) after september 2005? Thats when they changed it and if you did it before then, you were probably exempt.

[Eden]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Man they really should tell people about these things. Luckely Im geting a tonne of software from xscape so I have a nice new copy of Windows XP Corporate :) no activation required.

[CaptJordus]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Man they really should tell people about these things. Luckely Im geting a tonne of software from xscape so I have a nice new copy of Windows XP Corporate :) no activation required.

I have a corporate edition CD and a volume license # but it wont work for some reason. Blah.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Man they really should tell people about these things. Luckely Im geting a tonne of software from xscape so I have a nice new copy of Windows XP Corporate :) no activation required.

Told you so.

[Eden]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Im behine on my licence reading, no need to rub it in lol

Hmm, while we are on the subject what if you install a new pice of hardware that previously wasnt there?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Im behine on my licence reading, no need to rub it in lol

Hmm, while we are on the subject what if you install a new pice of hardware that previously wasnt there?

This:

How does the process work out what substantially the same means if you have made changes to the system? Well, believe it or not, it asks for a certain number of yes answers to questions it poses on each of the ten categories of hardware that are taken into account. For example, it checks the Volume Serial Number of the hard drive with the current one. If it has changed that is a No answer. Seven Yes votes are required in order to avoid reactivation if the system has changed. A network card (NIC) that was present, and is still present, counts for three Yes votes. Minor adapter cards, such as a sound card, don't count at all. You can install as many of them as you like without having to reactivate XP.

In other words, the same motherboard, RAM, processor, and NIC, provide enough Yes votes to enable you to make any other changes without having to reactivate. If you change the device in any particular category, you have lost its Yes vote, but that category of device can't lose a Yes vote more than once, so it can be changed as much as you like without a penalty thereafter. For instance, after initially changing the video card, you could install a new video display card every month for as long as you like without being penalised in the vote count. However, if you boot the system in which a device that has been disabled, the device won't be found during the check that takes place every time the computer is started. For instance, if you disable the network connection that uses the network interface card (NIC) and then reboot the system, the missing three votes that it provides can make reactivation necessary if the count of Yes votes goes under the seven required.

[CaptJordus]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

I wonder if i can install 3 PCI NICS for 9 votes? :laugh: :laugh:


That would be some sh*t.

[exho]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

5 Finger Discount at best buy

[CaptJordus]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Gotz me a volume license.

Dont need no stinkin activations!

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

Gotz me a volume license.

Dont need no stinkin activations!

How much did it cost?

[CaptJordus]

Re: Windows XP Pro retail

How much did it cost?

I dunno, nothing for me though.

My stepdad bought a volume of 5 licenses for his work and only uses 3 PC's there, so there were 2 available.