possible to activate win XP?

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Hi all,

silly question, can one activate win XP nowdays?
I know that win XP ended support since 2003, and that nobody still uses XP these days?

but serious question, if I have a legit version, that works with old software that hasn't been updated,

is it possible to activate anymore? or must one use an activator to at least get rid of the activation every 30 days....

Im tempted to give my friend my black edition XP I have, but some here have told me to be wary of such things....
that dosnt need anything, but I remember a tool that did all the activation's , cant remember its name , one that worked off a memory stick...

 

[Genisys]

Time to move on already... Even Firefox is canning support for XP.

Yup, there is no reason to run XP anymore.

 

[Nod]

You should think of just moving to Linux (Fedora, Mint, CentOS, SuSE, etc).
Should be able to do everything you can do on XP, unless it is some platform specific legacy application.

 

[gregmcc]

You should think of just moving to Linux (Fedora, Mint, CentOS, SuSE, etc).
Should be able to do everything you can do on XP, unless it is some platform specific legacy application.

MSPaint

 

[Genisys]

MSPaint

Best app ever. Only reason I'm running a Windows instalation still.

 

[YM_80]

Hi all,

silly question, can one activate win XP nowdays?
I know that win XP ended support since 2003, and that nobody still uses XP these days?

but serious question, if I have a legit version, that works with old software that hasn't been updated,

is it possible to activate anymore? or must one use an activator to at least get rid of the activation every 30 days....

Im tempted to give my friend my black edition XP I have, but some here have told me to be wary of such things....
that dosnt need anything, but I remember a tool that did all the activation's , cant remember its name , one that worked off a memory stick...

Yes - it is possible. I needed XP for something a few weeks back and got it installed as a dual boot (with Win 10), so the people that handled it got everything done properly. Just don't ask me how they did it, as I left it to them (computer shop guys)...

 

[Grouter]

I installed xp on 3 pcs the other week for a bunch of kids to LAN game on. They all activated fine. I used the same key on all three, so I guess the activation servers don't care any more, they just give an activation request the green light regardless of the key as long as it's genuine.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

dont know then, as my friend has a genuine key, and it just wont activate properly,

tried over 3g,lan and even via phone, just wont activate at all,

are those servers still online? anybody know?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

dont know then, as my friend has a genuine key, and it just wont activate properly,

tried over 3g,lan and even via phone, just wont activate at all,

are those servers still online? anybody know?

 

[sajunky]

dont know then, as my friend has a genuine key, and it just wont activate properly,

tried over 3g,lan and even via phone, just wont activate at all,

are those servers still online? anybody know?

Perhaps you have a wrong CD. There are different CD's for retail, OEM and volume licencing. Check your COA sticker - if you see 'OEM', you need OEM copy of Windows.

 

[airborne]

Perhaps you have a wrong CD. There are different CD's for retail, OEM and volume licencing. Check your COA sticker - if you see 'OEM', you need OEM copy of Windows.

Yip I remember that mission, the install disc or image must match the COA type or else its impossible.

 

[vinodh]

Not impossible. Scan the BIOS to confirm SLP and edit the CD to match the BIOS. XP will then activate offline and be genuine.

 

[Rickster]

Hi all,

silly question, can one activate win XP nowdays?
I know that win XP ended support since 2003,

Nope...2014

 

[sajunky]

Not impossible. Scan the BIOS to confirm SLP and edit the CD to match the BIOS. XP will then activate offline and be genuine.

Yip, You have to build your own custom CD for each Microsoft Royalty OEM (SLP) customer... Just Microsoft...

 

[AstroTurf]

Yup, there is no reason to run XP anymore.

You guys don't have machines that can not be upgraded and cost R500000 to replace.

I have DOS on some machines

 

[AstroTurf]

I have activated xp recently but I just keep an image handy for when needed now as xp machines do not go on the network

 

[_dB_]

Microsoft still supports the POS (point of sale) edition of XP. If you really need XP you can still buy that with support to 2020.

 

[vinodh]

Yip, You have to build your own custom CD for each Microsoft Royalty OEM (SLP) customer... Just Microsoft...

Actually, you can make one CD that has the OEM/SLP files for all the OEMs together. It uses an app to first scan the BIOS for the SLP string and the install the relevant files and then reactivate. I made one years ago that used XP Pro, upgraded it automatically to Media Center Edition, then OEM SLP activation, then installed all drivers from an integrated BTS driverpack containing around 3000 drivers and then installed my most commonly used apps like Office, antivirus etc.

What was good about it was that I made it myself which mean't that it was clean without any unwanted crap hiding somewhere.

 

[sajunky]

Actually, you can make one CD that has the OEM/SLP files for all the OEMs together. It uses an app to first scan the BIOS for the SLP string and the install the relevant files and then reactivate. I made one years ago that used XP Pro, upgraded it automatically to Media Center Edition, then OEM SLP activation, then installed all drivers from an integrated BTS driverpack containing around 3000 drivers and then installed my most commonly used apps like Office, antivirus etc.

What was good about it was that I made it myself which mean't that it was clean without any unwanted crap hiding somewhere.

It is true, except that you had an external app. All Royalty OEM SLP copies I made do not use any third party utility, all is based on the original source files from Microsoft with an exception of AHCI drivers (very essential, as Windows XP do not have native support for AHCI controller). Process of creating of such CD is fast, it takes 15 minutes and is 100% safe.

 

[codegreenie]

If you would run an Old OS, you should run a minimu of Windows 7 SP1