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Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way that a pc can be reformatted with windows xp without having to activated within 30 days, as that's the message I keep getting after I reformatted my pc. Does windows stop working fter the 30 days if not activated?:4-dontkno
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after 30 days i believe windows will go into a limited mode of some sort or stops working. u can just activate it over the phone or the internet
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it stops at the desktop until activated
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But the problem is that I re-installed it twice already and on the third attempt it says that it has reached the activation limit.:upset:
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thta's no problem,you just have to phone ms,they will ask for your number and when they check it is genuine
they will give you a new one to enter
so have pen and paper ready to write it down and read it back to them,to make sure you have written it down ok
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That's all? Gee that's easy. Thanks.
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not long ago i had to phone about 6 times in a day,they got a bit stroppy but they still gave me the key
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Can I pester you for their phone #? only if u have it handy. Thanks for your help. :pray:
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when the activation comes up choose to activate by phone and it will give you the loacal number to dial i am in australia our number would not be much use
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Okay, thanks again.
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