so i installed xp home(which means i had a serial number)...well now i'm messing around and i get some "30 days to activate" message...it says that after 30 days if i dont activate it i wont be able to use it...

anyone know how to get rid of this? i installed xp home which means i had a serial number so i dont know why its bugging me, etc...its quite a nuisance...please help if u can

thanks, josh

4/14/2007 2:06:32 AM

maybe, just maybe you should just activate it like it says......

unless it's really not yours

4/14/2007 2:21:38 AM

nah its mine, i put in a serial

4/14/2007 2:32:24 AM

you can get a serial from almost anywhere if you download it illegally. it doesn't mean that it's yours

so...




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4/14/2007 6:48:43 AM

you have to activate XP. No way around it unless you try the registry tricks out there but then you can't get the patches.

4/14/2007 9:05:53 AM

just activate it dude

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 9:27 AM. Reason : sigh]

4/14/2007 9:26:38 AM

it takes all of 3 seconds...if you have the serial number.

and since you have to active RIGHT after you install... you should still have it.

4/14/2007 9:57:54 AM

this is just one of drunknloaded's trolling threads I think. No one is really this stupid.

that kid needs to be terminated...for his own good.

4/14/2007 11:14:44 AM

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"you can get a serial from almost anywhere if you download it illegally"

woah woah woah...where did this illegal downloading accusation come from

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 4:50 PM. Reason : this is my copy and i put in the serial....hmmmm maybe emce should be terminated for being smrt]

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 4:54 PM. Reason : it doesnt matter now anyway...i pwnt myself trying to put in a new motherboard]

4/14/2007 4:50:12 PM

This is a stupid thread.

If you actually own it, activate it. If you don't, tough shit. End of thread.

4/14/2007 5:21:18 PM

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"it doesnt matter now anyway...i pwnt myself trying to put in a new motherboard"

4/14/2007 5:22:06 PM

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"you have to activate XP. No way around it unless you try the registry tricks out there but then you can't get the patches."

Not true, FYI.

4/14/2007 5:30:25 PM

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"this is just one of drunknloaded's trolling threads I think. No one is really this stupid."

agreed, this is a pretty weak troll attempt.

next time bring yo A game to tech talk dnl

4/14/2007 8:45:54 PM

haha synapse is a fag

4/14/2007 8:47:08 PM

i disagree, i think drunknloaded can be just this stupid

4/14/2007 10:27:06 PM

so i found out tonight that if u change a motherboard and use the same harddrive u dont need to reinstall windows xp

4/15/2007 2:38:55 AM

wrong. if it worked for you, it's because the motherboard had the same chipset.

4/15/2007 4:59:00 PM

hmmm that might be true...i installed it on a 1.15ghz athlon and put in a 1.25 athlon motherboard after that

4/15/2007 5:02:41 PM

just changed the date(it was like set on 2000)

it immediately came up and said the 30 days was up

i dont get if it lets me install why it needs to activate anyway...

[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 11:05 AM. Reason : 1.3ghz btw]

5/19/2007 11:05:04 AM

because activation proves that you installed it with a legitimate serial number.

5/19/2007 12:08:00 PM

its def. legit...after i put it in, it proceeded to install

tried tinyxp...didnt work

trying xp pro right now...i raided my parents software cabinet

5/19/2007 12:46:39 PM

aka legit being that you didn't borrow your roommates serial number and install it on your computer too. They look at your hardware config and if it changes a lot the next time you install you have to call in.

They've recently gotten a lot more lax on it. This was all on slashdot a while ago.

5/19/2007 12:54:03 PM

Just tell them your old PC got struck by lightning and you built a whole new one. They will give you the activation code.

5/19/2007 1:49:56 PM

just fucking activate it dude, this is not complicated. Follow the instructions.

5/19/2007 2:35:44 PM

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"this is just one of drunknloaded's trolling threads"

5/19/2007 2:47:00 PM

welp, thanks for the help guys- got the "activate" message away...finally downloaded ie7 and wmp 11...finally got service pack 2

took like 3 hours to download sp2 yesterday...finally installed this morning...had 89 updates to install after rebooting from the sp2 upgrade

thanks to all yalls help...without you i may still have this "genuine" popup

5/20/2007 10:37:05 AM

on that note, i'm closing this idiocy.

5/20/2007 11:58:34 AM