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Answer» How long to activate Windows XP? It was already activated. Has been for months. Today I replace a Hared drive. Now it says the hardware change requires me to activate again in 3 days. Now I see why good users become vicious hackers. This is user abuse!Big Brotha is watching on you.All I did was: 1. CLONE the Windows Home XP to a smaller drive. 2. Swap out the drives. Smaller clone now is boot drive. 3. Original drive removed from the system. Time is running out! Windows XP home has been on this old PC - for several months, very legal. First time I every saw - a three day warning. Sounds like lyric from Gilligan's Island. To guard against people cloning Windows installs, Windows activation on versions including XP and after is tied to the hardware that the OS was installed on. This is done by generating a "hardware signature" from hardware items among these types: Display Adapter SCSI Adapter IDE Adapter (effectively the motherboard) Network Adapter (NIC) and its MAC Address RAM Amount Range (i.e., 0-64mb, 64-128mb, etc.) Processor Type Processor Serial Number Hard Drive Device Hard Drive Volume Serial Number (VSN) CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVD-ROM If you make a significant hardware change to your computer, you will be notified and will have three days to activate your copy of Windows. This is all public knowledge and has been out there on the Web for as long as Windows XP has been on sale. It may be tiresome, but nobody forced you to use Windows. It's got nothing to with "Big Brother" (or "Big Brotha", whoever he is.) Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 02, 2011, 04:28:31 AM This is all public knowledge and has been out there on the Web for as long as Windows XP has been on sale. It may be tiresome, but nobody forced you to use Windows. It's got nothing to with "Big Brother" (or "Big Brotha", whoever he is.) Not to mention this has been posted about numerous times in the forum so I am not sure why Geek is surprised.Quote from: mroilfield on August 02, 2011, 04:40:11 AM Not to mention this has been posted about numerous times in the forum so I am not sure why Geek is surprised. He just posts any old stuff that comes into his head. He is 72 years old... senility is encroaching upon him, so give him a break... Quote from: Transfusion on August 02, 2011, 04:53:19 AM He is 72 years old... senility is encroaching upon him, so give him a break... He makes more sense than a lot of idiot teens on here. Even if he is "senile" (which I very much doubt) he's got a considerably bigger post and thanks count than you, so maybe a bit of respect is in order? I was being cheesy... Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 02, 2011, 04:28:31 AM To guard against people cloning Windows installs, Windows activation on versions including XP and after is tied to the hardware that the OS was installed on. This is done by generating a "hardware signature" from hardware items among these types:I am curious about this. I have changed my motherboard, RAM, and graphics CARD once, all in one shot, and have never been asked to re-activate, although it was a SATA motherboard. I think that is a significant change. Cloning windows installs has only worked for me before with hard drives from the same manufacturer, and to be specific, Fujitsu. Other than that and it BSODs.Thank you all. This is the first time the 3 day thing has hit me. Prior to this I had lots of the 30 day stuff. But never the 3 day thing curse till now. You might say I was a "three day warning. virgin",metaphorically speaking. Anyway, I clicked the button, awaiting the worse, and it came back OK. It was painless! Sorry to be a bother. All's well that ENDS well.Course it was painless.... MS are not the Ogres they are made out to be... Anytime i've had activation issues i used the 800# and it was handled professionally...and i work on a lot of machines. I think the longest i was on the phone with them was approx 4 minutes.Quote from: Transfusion on August 02, 2011, 04:53:19 AM He is 72 years old... senility is encroaching upon him, so give him a break...This is your second warning. Knock off the rudeness - it isn't funny and it IS offensive. |
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