Re: XP activation weirdness

I've emailed him and told him I'm going to get it checked out with microsoft
in the morning - will see what he has to say
"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Due to the fact that you said you never had to activate it, the key used
> is probably one of the fake "Corporate Volume License Keys". I would go
> back to your vender and demand a real license key and threaten to report
> them to Microsoft if they don't give you one.
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> "Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I did that and the product keys are identical. I contacted the vendor
>>about this and he finds it very weird and has never come across this
>>before. I looked into contacting MS but they only give you 2 goes at it
>>before they charge you £35 plus vat per contact with them!! I might give
>>it a whirl tomorrow...
>>
>> It's just so weird that the activation component is missing yet it claims
>> to be validated...
>> "pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Download RockXP 3, use it to find your installed cd key, match it up
>>> with the one you say you have printed. If they match then contact MS. If
>>> they don't then you have to change it. Let me know if you don't know
>>> how. Rockxp has a change feature but I am not sure if it works
>>> correctly. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4138.html
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>>> "Steph" <steph@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>I have a geniune copy of XP Pro - OEM version with SP 2 built in and
>>>>proper COA. Installs fine but it doesn't have an activation icon in the
>>>>system tools menu and it doesn't ask to be activated at any point. This
>>>>was fine until i tried to download from microsoft - when it decided that
>>>>my version couldn't be authorised - it doesn't make sense - anyone else
>>>>come across this issue or have any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
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