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Lee
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Don't have a problem with activating my M$ products, thought maybe this would be a good section to put this.
Most of you are familiar with activation as such! So I won't go down that windy boring road explaining it.
I want to, well, next Xmas sales, buy a PC which is 3 times better than my current XP machine (explanation for this question).
When before XP was released I read about activation, any main modifications that can cause you to reactivate if necessary. Only real major changes I have made is a new DVD writer, a new TV card stick of R.A.M, so so.
So only needed to reactivate 2 more times in 3 years due to formats.
I have another machine (my mothers) which she had installed teacher students parents office XP (her being a teacher).
First activation was fine over the net. She buggered it up and formatted, went to reactivate and it said already activated on another machine. The amount of ballcocks and 50 questions when she phoned to reactivate chessed her off so.
The big question is, I want to buy a decent PC 2005, new HD, use this one as a storage backup device. New PC new cards, more R.A.M , new motherboard basically a new tower and components etc...
Is there a way of deactivating my units (office,frontpage XP Pro, publisher) for the current machine, so when I transfer them to my new machine (with rest of files) I don't get the 50 questions and feel like a criminal. Does M$ have deactivation software and does it have a link for me to suggest this to them?
Hope you understand, thanks in advance, Lee
Most of you are familiar with activation as such! So I won't go down that windy boring road explaining it.
I want to, well, next Xmas sales, buy a PC which is 3 times better than my current XP machine (explanation for this question).
When before XP was released I read about activation, any main modifications that can cause you to reactivate if necessary. Only real major changes I have made is a new DVD writer, a new TV card stick of R.A.M, so so.
So only needed to reactivate 2 more times in 3 years due to formats.
I have another machine (my mothers) which she had installed teacher students parents office XP (her being a teacher).
First activation was fine over the net. She buggered it up and formatted, went to reactivate and it said already activated on another machine. The amount of ballcocks and 50 questions when she phoned to reactivate chessed her off so.
The big question is, I want to buy a decent PC 2005, new HD, use this one as a storage backup device. New PC new cards, more R.A.M , new motherboard basically a new tower and components etc...
Is there a way of deactivating my units (office,frontpage XP Pro, publisher) for the current machine, so when I transfer them to my new machine (with rest of files) I don't get the 50 questions and feel like a criminal. Does M$ have deactivation software and does it have a link for me to suggest this to them?
Hope you understand, thanks in advance, Lee