I recently put WinXP Pro on my computer. It was a disk a friend had from his new Dell. I got it installed fine but the product key has already been used twice so I can't activate my version. It works but I only have a few days left until it dumps XP. What exactly happens when you don't activate XP? And what I'm thinking of doing is reinstalling Win 98 untill I can buy Win XP Home. How would I do this?



Thanks in advance guys!

 

Download the Blue List Key Generator using Kazaa or something like that. I'd search for "XP Key" and see if it comes up with anything.



Direction for using: Change OS type to XP Corp, mode to Find Key, and searches and max keys to 100. Also, check "save Found keys in log file" to simplify this process. This should take awhile, so let it do some searching.



To fully take advantage of this, do a fresh install of XP Pro and that should make everything work flawlessly.

 

Get a crack for it...

 

keep changing the date back (every day) on your computer to "the day after you installed XP".. if you do this every day from here on out, you'll might be fine..



Or keep restoring your computer back to a previous date, and then changing the dates, that way XP may not catch it...



i don't know what will happen if you don't though.. hope that helps

 

definitely try and get your hands on a corporate copy with a serial number.

no need to worry about any of that crap

 

So what happens when you don't activate WinXP?

 

Its not activated!



























Actually, I have no ******* idea. I think everyone's XP is activated. Just get a crack # for it...itll save ya alot of hassle.

 

Ummmm yeah so what happens?Is it rendered useless or can I still use it or what? How do I get a "crack" for it?

 

Do a search for 'em(Win XP cracks or serial numbers). Theyre everywhere.

(FYI- Cracks are not legal, but neither is borrowing your friends disc )

 

what happens:



you will not be allowed to continue to the desktop without registering your version of windows. In other words, all you'll see is the user screen. When you select your user name, it'll jump right into the "register windows" dialog. There's no way around it.





What to do:

1.)

You can follow the directions they give you on how to register your version of windows via the phone. Have your friend's valid serial number handy. They will go through a bunch of procedures like ask for some series of numbers that show up on the screen and then ask for the winxp key. They will also ask why you have to re-register your version of windows. when they ask you what your reason is for registering this product again, say you had a virus and had reinstalled it a couple times. Or if you can find a better excuse, be my guest. If everything goes well, in the end, they'll give you a validation code via the phone that'll register it.



2.)

You can get that crack everyone's talking about but why bother if you have a valid WINXP KEY?