- Reformat , no reactivate?
- Posted by Thames on May 6th, 2006
Hi,
I have just had my first attempt at building a PC. I formated an old HD
and installed XP plus SP2. I sent the activation key to microsoft and
it was accepted.
Being someone who's never happy with things I decided to format and
install again. This time when I sent the key to activate it Microsoft
tells me something along the lines that it is no longer available?
What should I do!
All and any advice appreciated.
Tom
- Posted by Cooper on May 6th, 2006
Thames wrote:
That is why they invented telephones. Ring them up.
- Posted by philo on May 6th, 2006
"Cooper" <invalid@gmail.com> wrote in message
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yep...
it's already activated so you need to tell Microsoft about what you did.
if ringing them up doesn't work...
your next step would be "squaring them down" <gulp>
- Posted by Thames on May 6th, 2006
Yes you was correct. It was an easy excersize. I dread talking to
machines giving me options of 1 to 6. But I must admit, it was pretty
painless. Cheers, Tom
- Posted by Beck on May 6th, 2006
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Should not require a phonecall if he only formatted the machine.
- Posted by Dan Evans on May 6th, 2006
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Yeah, but he shared his install key with his buddies. Happened to me at a
clients office - the boss shared 20 install keys with 2 friends, who shared
with 2 friends, who shared with 2 friends ...
He was well pissed off when I got called in to sort out machines and re
install was the way to go (they'd decided to 'maintain' themselves) and keys
wouldn't work.
Dan
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