Licencing of Windows XP Home Edition

[Guest]

Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home edition as my
OS! I already activated my copy from the microsoft! If a reinstalled my OS do
i have to reactivate my OS again or not! Do i still experience or see the 15
days trial period


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[Alias]

Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home edition as my
OS! I already activated my copy from the microsoft! If a reinstalled my OS do
i have to reactivate my OS again or not! Do i still experience or see the 15
days trial period

No such thing as a trial period. You will see the *30* day message to
activate and, yes, you will have to activate again and do it online. If your
hardware hasn't changed much, it will be the same as the first time you
activated.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

Re-activation shouldn't be a problem, unless you have drastically changed
the hardware. The following article will help you:

"Windows Product Activation (WPA) on Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home edition as
my
| OS! I already activated my copy from the microsoft! If a reinstalled my OS
do
| i have to reactivate my OS again or not! Do i still experience or see the
15
| days trial period
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[Ken Blake]

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Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home
edition as my OS! I already activated my copy from the
microsoft! If
a reinstalled my OS do i have to reactivate my OS again or
not!

Yes, you do.

Do i
still experience or see the 15 days trial period

What 15 day trial period? Simply activate it. It's quick and
easy.

 

[Al Smith]

Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home edition as my

OS! I already activated my copy from the microsoft! If a reinstalled my OS do
i have to reactivate my OS again or not! Do i still experience or see the 15
days trial period

You will see the 30-day Windows Product Activation message (WPA)
every time you do anything major to your computer ... until the
day you *die*. I suggest you buy a dartboard and stick a
photograph of Bill Gates on it.

 

[Ben]

You dont if you use recovery CD, or you backup your HDD by GHOST.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi I'm traying to reformat my computer I'm using Windos XP home edition as my
OS! I already activated my copy from the microsoft! If a reinstalled my OS do
i have to reactivate my OS again or not! Do i still experience or see the 15
days trial period

If you reformat, the system itself does not know about activation. So
you have to do it again, once the system is up and running, by getting
on the net and running
Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Activate Windows
to Activate on the Internet now

which will take about 20 seconds. And you can go on reformatting and
reactivating this way as long as you like on 'substantially' the same
hardware - see more at www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm