Win XP goes off after 30 days
After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
On 8 Dec, 22:18, " wrote:
After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS Take it to a friends house ! |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
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... After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS If you can't get to Microsoft over the net, you'll have to call them on the phone. The number to call should be in the activation instructions that came with your system. BTW, if you don't have access to the net, how did you post this message?????????????????? -- Dave M MasonDG44 at comcast dot net (Just substitute the appropriate characters in the address) "In theory, there isn't any difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." - Yogi Berra |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
fynnashba@ yahoo.com wrote:
I was asked activate it That's so archaic. on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. This won't cost you a cent http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...arge+no-*-cost --and those folks won't constantly call you a thief. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
DaveM wrote:
If you can't get to Microsoft over the net, you'll have to call them on the phone. The number to call should be in the activation instructions that came with your system. But that's the point. You shouldn't have to. His activation is dropping out every month or so. Phone activation?? No bloody wonder why many buy a product, and then hack it for use. I did the same thing with a friends' installation of MS Office. I was part way through the phone activation, before I miss-dialled the second time. You've GOT to be f*cking joking. I delayed the install a few days while I found a hack. Screw that for a joke, I've got better things to do. BTW, if you don't have access to the net, how did you post this message?????????????????? Perhaps only occasional access to the net? Therefore not practical to move the machine to wherever you have 'net access just to take care of that. Harder if you don't have a network card, or no other way to net enable the thing. Yadda yadda, you get the idea. -- Linux Registered User # 302622 http://counter.li.org |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
DaveM wrote:
wrote... After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS If you can't get to Microsoft over the net, you'll have to call them on the phone. The number to call should be in the activation instructions that came with your system. BTW, if you don't have access to the net, how did you post this message?????????????????? It's not impossible. Years back I had a UUCP feed for news and mail; it wouldn't have done a blessed thing for getting XP registered, couldn't surf the web, etc. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
wrote in message ... After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS Use the phone activation, as stupid as the requirement to activate is, the process is largely automated and painless. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
James Sweet wrote:
wrote... After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. Use the phone activation, as stupid as the requirement to activate is, the process is largely automated and painless. If he lives in a place so remote he can't get online connectivity easily, the phone call will probably cost him a month's salary. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
A proper genuine Win XP (not a counterfeit one, it isn't legal anyway)
OS should be registered with Microsoft company.Win XP Home Edition OS in my Velocity Micro desk top computer is.Velocity Micro www.velocitymicro.com in Richmond,Virginia set mine up before they shipped the computer to me about four and a half years ago. cuhulin |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
fynnashba@ yahoo.com wrote:
I was asked activate it JeffM wrote: That's so archaic. on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. This won't cost you a cent http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...arge+no-*-cost --and those folks won't constantly call you a thief. Meat Plow wrote: (X-No-Archive, as done by so many cowards) I'm a Kubuntu user and an advocate but to suggest Ubuntu to the OP in this case is idiotic. That depends on: 1) How broke he is. (He will probably end up paying M$ for yet another licence.) 2) How much of the M$ Kool-Aid he has drunk. 3) How forward-looking he is. (Vista is tolling M$'s death.) If he's still tied to some Windows-compatible app[1], well, in 2007, a huge number of Windoze binaries can run using WINE --completely eliminating the Microsoft Tax(tm). If that doesn't work for what he's doing, he should find a copy of W2000 (no stupid Product Activation) and run that in a Virtual Machine under Linux. When (not *IF*) Windoze blows up, just close the Virtual Session. He'll soon find that not having to constantly reboot the hardware for all those Windoze ****-ups or for the slightest little tweak is SO much nicer than the M$ way. .. .. [1] Running a bootable Knoppix CD will demonstrate just how many FREE apps are available to do what you have been doing under Windoze with non-libre payware. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
Meat Plow wrote:
On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:33:08 +1100, John Tserkezis wrote: DaveM wrote: If you can't get to Microsoft over the net, you'll have to call them on the phone. The number to call should be in the activation instructions that came with your system. But that's the point. You shouldn't have to. His activation is dropping out every month or so. That's not what is happening. He has to keep reinstalling it after 30 days when it quits because it wasn't activated in the first place. Well at least that's my interpretation :) XP sometimes loses its authorisation due to changing items of hardware, you get a screen telling you that it need re-authorising and a choice to activate by telephone. After entering your country, your computer provides a free phone number and a registration code of (I Think) 50 digits. Dialing the freephone number gets you a computer generated voice who (which) asks that you enter the number into your phone - in groups of - I think - 6 digits to make it easier, then after asking a few trick questions about why you need to re authorise windows (new Motherboard & how many computers is this copy of windows installed on? - answer ONE!), supplies you with a new activation code which you type into the box provided. It`s easier done than said. I assume it`s the same in the US as it is here. Ron(UK) |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
Meat Plow wrote:
snip LMAO, So you're a real f****** he-man because you don't include XNA in your header. Usenet is in danger of relevancy and continued permanence; XNA is a _very_ bad idea as a major attribute of Usenet is the public archiving of traffic for future rerference. If folks don't want their posts archived, perhaps it would be better if they took that aspect of a discussion offline. I would hope most NNTP server admins would configure their s/w to disregard XNA. Regards, Michael |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
hi, microsoft is retarded .
now what does a friend of mine that is 6 and half hours away from the nearest town, doesnt have phone , he only has hf radio and snail mail. how does he activate it. ??? microsoft cant even answer that !!! no wonder people get peed of and make cracks etc... "Ron(UK)" wrote in message ... Meat Plow wrote: On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:33:08 +1100, John Tserkezis wrote: DaveM wrote: If you can't get to Microsoft over the net, you'll have to call them on the phone. The number to call should be in the activation instructions that came with your system. But that's the point. You shouldn't have to. His activation is dropping out every month or so. That's not what is happening. He has to keep reinstalling it after 30 days when it quits because it wasn't activated in the first place. Well at least that's my interpretation :) XP sometimes loses its authorisation due to changing items of hardware, you get a screen telling you that it need re-authorising and a choice to activate by telephone. After entering your country, your computer provides a free phone number and a registration code of (I Think) 50 digits. Dialing the freephone number gets you a computer generated voice who (which) asks that you enter the number into your phone - in groups of - I think - 6 digits to make it easier, then after asking a few trick questions about why you need to re authorise windows (new Motherboard & how many computers is this copy of windows installed on? - answer ONE!), supplies you with a new activation code which you type into the box provided. It`s easier done than said. I assume it`s the same in the US as it is here. Ron(UK) |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
so , if i load this , i can install any other microsoft software without
any problems ?? "JeffM" wrote in message ... fynnashba@ yahoo.com wrote: I was asked activate it That's so archaic. on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. This won't cost you a cent http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...arge+no-*-cost --and those folks won't constantly call you a thief. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
well, you be screwed if you live over 6 hours , out on a farm , with NO
TELEPHONE , only contact is via hf radio , and snail mail. microsoft didnt even bother to think about people out on farms in the middle of no where did they ? when they try to register their copy pf crappy xp. es Sweet" wrote in message news:1kN6j.624$1p.130@trndny01... wrote in message ... After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS Use the phone activation, as stupid as the requirement to activate is, the process is largely automated and painless. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
No offense, but it's common knowledge that recent Microsoft operating
systems require "online" activation of some sort. You should have asked about this. Have someone with 'net access or near a telephone contact Microsoft and ask what you should do. Microsoft should be able to supply some form of confirmation that will allow the computer to continue working. Note that activation is "permaent" unless you make sufficient system alteration (peripherals, lots of software) that the OS starts thinking it's on another computer. (Yeah, I know that sounds dumb. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
mark krawczuk wrote:
well, you be screwed if you live over 6 hours , out on a farm , with NO TELEPHONE , only contact is via hf radio , and snail mail. microsoft didnt even bother to think about people out on farms in the middle of no where did they ? when they try to register their copy pf crappy xp. Given that most people probably buy a system where XP is pre-installed and pre-activated it is generally not a problem. What percentage of the users of XP actually fall into the situation you are so upset about? 0.01%? What does the person on the farm who has the HF radio do if they want to contact someone who has a phone and no HF radio? How about having the person on the farm use the HF radio to contact someone who has a phone. Have that person call Microsoft and relay the communications. It only takes a few minutes to do the authentication. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message ... well, you be screwed if you live over 6 hours , out on a farm , with NO TELEPHONE , only contact is via hf radio , and snail mail. microsoft didnt even bother to think about people out on farms in the middle of no where did they ? when they try to register their copy pf crappy xp. Ideas: HF radio phone patch. Satellite phone. (Don't you have satellite phones out there?) Write Microsoft a letter by snail mail. Or just get the activation done when you buy the computer. This only has to be done once, when Windows is first installed, and you have 30 days to do it. Do you stay on the farm for 30 days solid? More to the point... People 6 hours from civilization are *not* the main target audience of Windows XP! |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
yeah right, so everybody listening can get the numbers??
"craigm" wrote in message ... mark krawczuk wrote: well, you be screwed if you live over 6 hours , out on a farm , with NO TELEPHONE , only contact is via hf radio , and snail mail. microsoft didnt even bother to think about people out on farms in the middle of no where did they ? when they try to register their copy pf crappy xp. Given that most people probably buy a system where XP is pre-installed and pre-activated it is generally not a problem. What percentage of the users of XP actually fall into the situation you are so upset about? 0.01%? What does the person on the farm who has the HF radio do if they want to contact someone who has a phone and no HF radio? How about having the person on the farm use the HF radio to contact someone who has a phone. Have that person call Microsoft and relay the communications. It only takes a few minutes to do the authentication. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
it still doesnt matter where u live, so what do th e .1 PERCENT do ???
"mc" wrote in message ... "mark krawczuk" wrote in message ... well, you be screwed if you live over 6 hours , out on a farm , with NO TELEPHONE , only contact is via hf radio , and snail mail. microsoft didnt even bother to think about people out on farms in the middle of no where did they ? when they try to register their copy pf crappy xp. Ideas: HF radio phone patch. Satellite phone. (Don't you have satellite phones out there?) Write Microsoft a letter by snail mail. Or just get the activation done when you buy the computer. This only has to be done once, when Windows is first installed, and you have 30 days to do it. Do you stay on the farm for 30 days solid? More to the point... People 6 hours from civilization are *not* the main target audience of Windows XP! |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message
... it still doesnt matter where u live, so what do th e .1 PERCENT do ??? Contact Microsoft by any available means and see what they say, rather than complaining loudly that they won't help you when you haven't even asked. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message
... it still doesnt matter where u live, so what do th e .1 PERCENT do ??? BTW, if you are really so far away from all telephones, net connections, etc., how are you talking to us now? And how did you get the computer? Surely it could be activated at the place where you got it -- which is the normal procedure. Why was it shipped to you unactivated? |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
hi, i said what about , etc.. its a friend of mine.!!!
well , being activated at place where u bought it is besides the point , mnicrosoft just didnt think to well about it , did they . "mc" wrote in message ... "mark krawczuk" wrote in message ... it still doesnt matter where u live, so what do th e .1 PERCENT do ??? BTW, if you are really so far away from all telephones, net connections, etc., how are you talking to us now? And how did you get the computer? Surely it could be activated at the place where you got it -- which is the normal procedure. Why was it shipped to you unactivated? |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message
... hi, i said what about, etc.. its a friend of mine.!!! Well, being being activated at place where u bought it is besides the point , Microsoft just didnt think to well about it, did they. No, your friend didn't think too well about it. Or the dealer didn't think too well about it. Most computer hardware and software companies assume their customers have Web access, a reasonable assumption. Furthermore, most people buying Windows knows that it needs activation. As I and other have said... CALL MICROSOFT. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message
... hi, i said what about , etc.. its a friend of mine.!!! well , being activated at place where u bought it is besides the point , mnicrosoft just didnt think to well about it , did they . No, they don't apparently want the business of the 2 or 3 people on earth who have no access to any form of communication... |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
Most computer hardware and software companies assume their customers have
Web access, a reasonable assumption. Furthermore, most people buying Windows knows that it needs activation. As I and other have said... CALL MICROSOFT. Or even write them a letter... |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
how can he call microsoft , when he aint got a fone ????????
did u know th everification number or whatever it is changes each time you turn the computer on ? "William Sommerwerck" wrote in message . .. "mark krawczuk" wrote in message ... hi, i said what about, etc.. its a friend of mine.!!! Well, being being activated at place where u bought it is besides the point , Microsoft just didnt think to well about it, did they. No, your friend didn't think too well about it. Or the dealer didn't think too well about it. Most computer hardware and software companies assume their customers have Web access, a reasonable assumption. Furthermore, most people buying Windows knows that it needs activation. As I and other have said... CALL MICROSOFT. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
"mark krawczuk" wrote in message
... how can he call microsoft when he aint got a fone ???????? Well, how did he get in touch with the dealer that sold him the computer? Does he have a friend with a phone? You said he had an HF radio. Well, 10m and below is HF. If he's a Ham, he shouuld be able to contact someone to patch him in. |
Win XP goes off after 30 days
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:18:02 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: After re-installing win XP SP on my machine it goes of in about 30 days. I was asked activate it on the net but I dont have it in my home not even my village. how can I go round this? BTW the Cd came with the machine. THANKS Upgrade to Ubuntu or if you must stick with Microsoft products choose Windows 2000. XP and particularly Vista are the last pathetic responses at the very end of the Microsoft empire. -- |
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