| You serious? This iswhatp sises me off, I have a legit copy of XP, yet I have to crack Xactivation if I want to put it on another PC. I know peopel who pirate XP, but they only do it if its needed immediately, everyoen I know ones their own copy of XP, yet has shared it on another PC(The pirates do). Me and the priates are gonan build a ship and sail the seven seas, and bombard microsoft and steals their gold! ARR! |
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 toddbs98
join:2000-07-08
North Little Rock, AR | Your copy of XP you bought is only good for one PC. If you are going to install it on more than one then you need to purchase additional licences. So you are no better than the pirates you are criticizing.
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| What irks me the most is that my XP is legit and paid for, but I tend to upgrade my system on frequent intervals. Now everytime I do something simple like change out a DVD burner I have to revalidate and call the 1-800 number, plead my case that it is my legal copy and I only have it on my 1 PC even if pieces of that PC have changed since I originally installed XP. Well almost everything has changed except the sound card, floppy drive and case. Anyway it is a pain in the arse and I am almost to the point of buying another copy just so I don't have to make those calls. |
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 EdibleTargetReal Gamers Dont Use Consoles
join:2004-12-02
Lowell, MA | i dont use bt now that everyone knows about it, you never know who is watching. |
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 richk_1957If ..Then..ElsePremium
join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith | reply to toddbs98
said by toddbs98:Your copy of XP you bought is only good for one PC. One PC at a time. If you purchased a retail copy of XP and your machine gets trashed, I believe they will allow you to transfer to another machine once. The person who did this told me that they ask a million questions to determine if the original machine is non-operational, though. It's not an easy process. |
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| All they ask is, "is this the first time you are activating your copy of Windows XP?"
I say no.
Then they say, "may I ask why you are requesting activation today?"
I say, because I'm installing it on my computer. (None of their damn business beyond that).
Then they ask "do you have this copy of XP installed on any other machine?"
I say no. (Which is the truth - 1 copy / 1 machine).
That's it. It's pretty painless. Just use a tone of voice like, "you will activate this product". Confidence. I paid good money for it. If I need to do a reinstall, or something after a component change, so be it. |
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