I bought a new laptop on the 26th August of this year and it came pre-installed with WinVista which is great and all but still has alot of bugs left in it so i switched back to WinXp i used the disk that came with my desktop that i bought about a year ago. installed it and activated it and everything was fine until sunday just gone. i logged into my area and it said i need to activate the software within 7days and it gives me the chocie of either doing it now or later so i choose yes and EH it's saying it has allready been activated all my programs OS and hardware are all legit so why and how do i fix this problem plz hurry 5 days and counting........ any thing would be a freat help!!
2007-10-23 07:35:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Great help** sorry typo
2007-10-23 07:35:32 · update #1
Whenever you move a copy of Windows XP to a different computer, you will have activation issues. It can register on the PC, but not on the MS site because the number is already registered there to the old PC.
There is a number listed in the activation where you can call MS to activate by phone. Use that number and explain to them that you are moving the software to a new PC. They will be able to clear it so that it will work on the new PC. However, it will no longer work on the OLD PC after MS gets done.
2007-10-23 07:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for one that disk that came with your desktop is only ment for your desktop and the key is already activated,also getting activation you going to have to call microsoft and come up with a little white lie which I suggest not or buy a copy of windows xp
2007-10-23 14:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by cherokee.diamond 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋