McStuff

My xp install needs activation due to "recent hardware changes" I installed my ds3l a couple days ago and says my install needs activation within 3 days. The problem is, the activation tool keeps crashing.

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xdaseinx

Reinstall os, if you haven't after the mobo change.

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killin

reload windows.

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McStuff

Damn, I thought I got lucky this time I'll do it tomorrow..

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The Hundred Gunner

Is the XP key OEM or retail?

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McStuff

OEM

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The Hundred Gunner

Then you can't use the key. Although the utility shouldn't be crashing to not let you activate; it should just tell you that you're not authorized to activate on your new motherboard (because OEM = 1 PC [motherboard] only).

According to the EULA you signed when you pressed F8 to install windows, you're supposed to get a new key when you get a new board.

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"But you would be amazed by how many people think that the only reason to have a computer is to play games, and that playing games is all that anyone with a computer does." - dangerousHobo

"Linux is everywhere, it is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. " - mbp

"I have used a mac before. And they still don't have right click I mean come on." - aakar

Blah, blah, can't hear you

McStuff

Ya, but I do have a copy of vista coming from that wfp dealy. What happens if I don't activate?

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The Hundred Gunner

If you can't get that XP activated in the time they tell you to, you won't be able to log in until you do get it activated. You'll be able to call or use the activation utility to activate over the internet.

When you call, they're supposed to tell you to buy a new key, though, since yours is OEM. If I were to tell you to "just tell them your board fried" or "just tell them you got a virus," I'd get a piracy infraction

Hmm... Well if you've got vista coming... You can do the following:

Do an upgrade (or possibly repair) install of XP with your XP disk. That way you'll get 30 days free before you must activate, and hopefully your vista disk will have arrived by then. It's possible that the upgrade install will remember that you only have 3 days, though, in which case a complete reinstall would produce the desired effect (30 free days).

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"But you would be amazed by how many people think that the only reason to have a computer is to play games, and that playing games is all that anyone with a computer does." - dangerousHobo

"Linux is everywhere, it is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. " - mbp

"I have used a mac before. And they still don't have right click I mean come on." - aakar

Blah, blah, can't hear you

McStuff

Sounds like a good idea, +rep

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