Windows XP sigh

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S1ght

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K so I have a legit windows XP pro all nicely activated...Last night I take out my RAM and put in a friends to test if its working and when it get's into windows I get a message saying Windows has detected a hardware change and I must reactivate within 3 day so I click activate over internet and it says my key has been used too many times...Now I'm gonna have to phone these stupid people, what a waste of my time...

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Shame dude... I've noticed that from SP2 onwards, even if I added an extra hdd or used Daemon tools, I didn't have to reactivate again.... and then I decided to reinstall XP on that PC... "your key has been used too many times...." :mad:
But then again I have used it like 50 times :D
 
what is the point in asking people to reactivate? Am i missing something. Will your software magically go from being bought to counterfeit from putting in RAM?
 
headsore said:
what is the point in asking people to reactivate? Am i missing something. Will your software magically go from being bought to counterfeit from putting in RAM?
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The check is there so that people can't clone a hard-drive with a legit copy of XP and put it on a different machine.
 
Ratwiz said:
The check is there so that people can't clone a hard-drive with a legit copy of XP and put it on a different machine.
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Paranoid Software Developers.... The best solution is to get a cracked version, and if the police shows up at your home, you can tell them you have a legal copy.
 
Ratwiz said:
The check is there so that people can't clone a hard-drive with a legit copy of XP and put it on a different machine.
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Hmmm okay..but rather annoying feature for all those doing it legally.

killadoob said:
Fooz the cops cannot asrrest you for pirated goods unless your selling them.
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what you in for? Rape, u? Went onto Limewire :(
Though I wouldnt want a fake OS, it is the one thing you really want to be stable. Plus might as well just use a linux OS then.
 
I HATE stupid ms product activation! How to pi$$ off your paying customers and completely avoid the pirates.
 
Activation is a bitch, thats why I install cracked copies of XP on the machines I have (3 at the mo') and keep all my licenses, boxes and cd's/dvd's in a dark cupboard. They really cant do much if you have a legal right to use them, even if you are using a shady downloaded version.

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I just find it really stupid that I can phone in and tell them the number, they'll read back a number and its activated...surely all this is is inconvenience, how are they stopping or preventing here? I mean they do ask if you have installed on more than 1 pc and you just tell them you upgraded your pc :rolleyes:
 
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