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Captain James T. Kirk · Guest

recently i had to reformat and reinstall xp home. due to problems with
crashes and also a issue with the activation. 3 weeks ago i had the mb
swapped out in a new system i had built because the original dell fried the
mb. it was cheaper to have a new system built. they used what components were
useable from the dell. since it was a new system they went ahead and
reformatted and reinstalled windows for me. they also axctivated it for me as
well. before i jus redone the reinstall, 4 days ago i was experiencing some
crashes and a popup asking me to activate. i hit it and it said i was already
activated. so when the count got down to 3 days and some more crashes i
decided to reformat and reinstall myself. all was as it should be. the 30 day
countdown popup and all. i installed most of my software and was getting the
windows updates. when i was done with the last 4 critical/high priority
updates i rebooted and i got a popup saying windows was activated. i never
went through the activation procedure. and i still get the countdown popup
asking me to activate. and when i hit it it tells me its already activated.
so whats up with that? and when i did the reinstall, it never asked me for
the windows key. and i have found out that the windows key and the pid
numbers have changed. they are not the ones that were originally there. whats
up with that too? so why is it still giving me the popup countdown for
activation and saying its already activated when i hit it? anyone know? i
cant get ms to help me since this os disk came with my dell, which is now no
longer. this didnt happen on the other mb they had installed in this new
system. they had to swap it out cause i found out it was the wrong board. no
support for the p4 800fsb. they got me a intel d865perl board which supported
the 800 fsb. and thats when this activation thing occured 3 weeks after they
had swapped out the board. so the questions are, why is it now giving me the
activation popups and it is already activated, and why are my windows key and
pid number changed?

Dave Patrick · Guest

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"Captain James T. Kirk" <CaptainJamesTKirk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:383379EC-5CFD-40C6-A4F2-943C15D7F8F1@microsoft.com...
| recently i had to reformat and reinstall xp home. due to problems with
| crashes and also a issue with the activation. 3 weeks ago i had the mb
| swapped out in a new system i had built because the original dell fried
the
| mb. it was cheaper to have a new system built. they used what components
were
| useable from the dell. since it was a new system they went ahead and
| reformatted and reinstalled windows for me. they also axctivated it for me
as
| well. before i jus redone the reinstall, 4 days ago i was experiencing
some
| crashes and a popup asking me to activate. i hit it and it said i was
already
| activated. so when the count got down to 3 days and some more crashes i
| decided to reformat and reinstall myself. all was as it should be. the 30
day
| countdown popup and all. i installed most of my software and was getting
the
| windows updates. when i was done with the last 4 critical/high priority
| updates i rebooted and i got a popup saying windows was activated. i never
| went through the activation procedure. and i still get the countdown popup
| asking me to activate. and when i hit it it tells me its already
activated.
| so whats up with that? and when i did the reinstall, it never asked me for
| the windows key. and i have found out that the windows key and the pid
| numbers have changed. they are not the ones that were originally there.
whats
| up with that too? so why is it still giving me the popup countdown for
| activation and saying its already activated when i hit it? anyone know? i
| cant get ms to help me since this os disk came with my dell, which is now
no
| longer. this didnt happen on the other mb they had installed in this new
| system. they had to swap it out cause i found out it was the wrong board.
no
| support for the p4 800fsb. they got me a intel d865perl board which
supported
| the 800 fsb. and thats when this activation thing occured 3 weeks after
they
| had swapped out the board. so the questions are, why is it now giving me
the
| activation popups and it is already activated, and why are my windows key
and
| pid number changed?

Captain James T. Kirk · Guest

sooooorrrry, but i was told by a person in the other post to find the
appropriate place to ask my question. so i thought this was the place. im
sorry if i didnt do it right. but this is a nagging problem and i was just
trying to find someone who might help. apparently this aint the place.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

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