Re: Anyone with a non validated copy of Windows XP turn off automatic updates now


"Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote in message
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Heracles Pollux wrote in message
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Anyone with a non validated copy of Windows XP turn off automatic
updates now?

The Windows Nagulator is here.



http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=nagulator&meta=

I've encountered two people who can't get Windows updates because their
PCs were installed or reinstalled at some time in the past by people who
thought they were being helpful and/or clever by using volume licence
keys. Once these keys become public knowledge, Microsoft add them to the
banned list and all the PCs that use those keys (including the original
genuine owners of the keys) get blocked. In one case, the PC had its
retail licence key sticker on the side, so why anyone used a different
volume licence key is anyone's guess!

I feel like the messenger of doom having to say "to be legal, you'll have
to buy a new copy of Windows and you'll need to have Windows and all your
apps reinstalled to make it use the new key".

This last point is debatable: when I saw the "make yourself legal" link
(or whatever the wording is) on the error screen that you get while doing
an update, the accompanying text seemed to imply that you just paid your
money and they'd make your PC legal, but when I spoke to Microsoft Support
in Ireland, they were adamant that they only solution was a total
reinstallation of Windows. So I'm confused: if you buy a genuine retail
licence, can you "introduce" it to your exisiting PC or must you do a
clean installation?

You do not need to reinstall to change the licence key.


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