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XP help

  • 16-03-2015 1:01am
    #1
    2 stroke
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    I have an old desktop that happily runs xp but isnt capable of taking an upgrade. Had a problem last 2 days, turned out to be faulty monitor but I only diagnosed that after swapping ram and drives with clumsy fingers.
    Now it wants me to reactivate windows within 3 days.
    Problem. I can't find the instalation cd and product key. Also xp support is gone so how does reactivation service work if I find the disc and key. Any words of wisdom welcome.
    I have other computers running other versions of windows but I'd realy like to keep this computer running if I can, saves me bringing the laptop upstairs and forgetting it in the morning. I'm almost a virgin regarding firefox/linux.


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  • #2
    Stavro Mueller
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    I reinstalled XP from scratch on an old desktop recently. No problems at all with the reactivating.

    The copy of Windows that you're running: did you do a reinstall or has it just gone a bit haywire? If you've got the original installation still on there, you should be able to retrieve the serial number by running a program such as Magical Jelly Bean or other programs from this list


  • #3
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭2 stroke


    Thanks but just solved the problem, never been so grateful for a floppy disk in a long time. Found my product key then clicked the re-activation link but it reactivated automatically without me inputting the product key. I guess they set it to auto reactivate when they removed support for xp.


  • #4
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    It's not even that, activation for XP is still running as far as I know. All that happened here is that it detected too many hardware changes and triggered a reactivation. Provided that the key is a retail or COA (OEM) key, it'll activate fine if the key hadn't been previously activated in a different hardware config within the last 120 days. If it's an OEM SLP key then it won't activate online under any circumstance.


  • #5
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭2 stroke


    I had swapped out everything I could think of, and rebooted umteen times before I thought of swapping monitors, the only thing that kept me going was my theory that microsoft had finaly got xp working correctly before withdrawing support. So I suspected a hardware issue.
    But last time I reactivated windows on this computer (a few years ago) I had to manually input the key. This time it did not ask for the key at all. I sweated buckets though looking for it, and not knowing whether the re-activation service was still there or not.
    Anyway problem solved and perhaps this will help somebody else someday.


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