XP..How do I .....activate....?

adzidzor · 01-14-2004, 12:16 AM

After a long hassle, I installed windows XP home edition OEM but my time is running out....I need to activate it....no key.....HELP

Wobbel · 01-14-2004, 02:11 AM

Well, if you haven't got a key, you haven't got a legal version i guess, so you can't activate it.
If it is a legal version, click start -> all programs, there should be an activate windows button there.
You can activate online or phone a number, it gives you a choise.

Cirga · 01-14-2004, 01:57 PM

The lovely new security feature of making sure you have a legal copy of a Microsoft OS. Sorry mate.. not much we can do to help with taht

leopold · 01-15-2004, 08:12 AM

erm... if you were able to install XP Home, then you MUST have had a key of some sort to get it to the point where you can use it. Even the Corporate Licensed versions need a key! You may well have installed it from a pre-keyed OEM version (where the installation already has the key in the setup file). But either way, you couldn't have installed it without a key.

I find it unlikely that, if this is a non-legit hacked version, the activation wouldn't have been disabled.

So I'm assuming by "no key", you mean you used a known pirate key (which has a fancy name but I can't remember what it is...)

I guess there may be a fix somewhere in this big ole' Interweb thing, but I'm not going to look for it, not when I'm using a legit version myself...

Nimbus · 01-15-2004, 12:14 PM

Perhap you can return it to the shop and ask them to replace it with Window XP Professional or else get a legal copy of XP. =)

RipperRoo · 01-15-2004, 01:19 PM

no key? can't you just go into the control panel/ system and read it off the general tab?- hell in 2k you can even copy/paste the licence key right from the diog box

Nimbus · 01-16-2004, 01:23 AM

I spoke to a friend of mine who is a fan of pirated software awhile ago. He told me that you'll get none of this problem if u install pirated Window XP professional. By the way, since you did not mention that you will be contacting Microsoft about the problem, i assume that you are using a pirated copy of Window XP.

dalert0140 · 01-16-2004, 08:00 PM

only if he uses the corporate edition,*cough*sharereactor*cough*

adzidzor · 01-17-2004, 09:25 PM

Thanks guys my problem was... trying to activate it online but I did it on phone and it worked. I tried several times with the key online but each time I had problems. It was not pirated though. Very legal but OEM yet it asked for a key...surprising.

Thanks anyway.

~*LdY*LaFFs*~ · 01-18-2004, 01:45 AM

Thing w/ OEM is tht you have to go to your PC vendor vs direct OS support... Usually sends you on a merry-go-round b4 landing someone to address your issue. Kinda like how dad use to send you to mom and vice-versa..

leopold · 01-19-2004, 09:44 AM

Hmmmm... the old OEM verision nonsense, eh? Pity you had the probs you had, but glad you got it all sorted out in the end

01-14-2004, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	XP..How do I .....activate....? After a long hassle, I installed windows XP home edition OEM but my time is running out....I need to activate it....no key.....HELP __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

01-14-2004, 01:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	The lovely new security feature of making sure you have a legal copy of a Microsoft OS. Sorry mate.. not much we can do to help with taht __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

01-15-2004, 08:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
leopold Conform Consume Obey Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 327	erm... if you were able to install XP Home, then you MUST have had a key of some sort to get it to the point where you can use it. Even the Corporate Licensed versions need a key! You may well have installed it from a pre-keyed OEM version (where the installation already has the key in the setup file). But either way, you couldn't have installed it without a key. I find it unlikely that, if this is a non-legit hacked version, the activation wouldn't have been disabled. So I'm assuming by "no key", you mean you used a known pirate key (which has a fancy name but I can't remember what it is...) I guess there may be a fix somewhere in this big ole' Interweb thing, but I'm not going to look for it, not when I'm using a legit version myself... __________________ There are three kinds of people in the world: Those that can count, and those that can't... Visit The Other Side at Matazone!

01-15-2004, 12:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nimbus Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 69	Perhap you can return it to the shop and ask them to replace it with Window XP Professional or else get a legal copy of XP. =) __________________ "Power is neither male nor female"

01-15-2004, 01:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
RipperRoo AdMiN oF RoCk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 2,080	no key? can't you just go into the control panel/ system and read it off the general tab?- hell in 2k you can even copy/paste the licence key right from the diog box __________________ PcTechtalk.com Admin A7V8X xp2600 Barton SLK 97U, GeForce FX 5700, 1GB 2700DDR Ram Sony DVD -R/+R/RW, SB Live 5.1 Digital, 1 x 30gb 3 x 200GB 2x120GB 1 x 250GB HDD'S, 19" TFT Epson R265 HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory http://www.minotaur-computers.co.uk/

01-14-2004, 02:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Wobbel PCTT's Gatherer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 2004 Posts: 2,861	Well, if you haven't got a key, you haven't got a legal version i guess, so you can't activate it. If it is a legal version, click start -> all programs, there should be an activate windows button there. You can activate online or phone a number, it gives you a choise.

01-16-2004, 01:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nimbus Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 69	I spoke to a friend of mine who is a fan of pirated software awhile ago. He told me that you'll get none of this problem if u install pirated Window XP professional. By the way, since you did not mention that you will be contacting Microsoft about the problem, i assume that you are using a pirated copy of Window XP. __________________ "Power is neither male nor female"

01-16-2004, 08:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
dalert0140 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 185	only if he uses the corporate edition,coughsharereactorcough __________________ "Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself." -J. B. Priestley

01-17-2004, 09:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	Thanks guys my problem was... trying to activate it online but I did it on phone and it worked. I tried several times with the key online but each time I had problems. It was not pirated though. Very legal but OEM yet it asked for a key...surprising. Thanks anyway. __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

01-18-2004, 01:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
~LdYLaFFs*~ MIA Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HeRe N TheRe Posts: 2,002	Thing w/ OEM is tht you have to go to your PC vendor vs direct OS support... Usually sends you on a merry-go-round b4 landing someone to address your issue. Kinda like how dad use to send you to mom and vice-versa.. __________________ When I've been asked why I like computers.. My answer has been, "Because it's potential is infinite." I must be wearing down 'cause now I seem to be counting the infinite headaches!

01-19-2004, 09:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
leopold Conform Consume Obey Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 327	Hmmmm... the old OEM verision nonsense, eh? Pity you had the probs you had, but glad you got it all sorted out in the end __________________ There are three kinds of people in the world: Those that can count, and those that can't... Visit The Other Side at Matazone!

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