Product Key for Windows XP Home Edition

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Brian Watkins

If I re-format my hard drive and clean it up and then re-
load XP Home Edition, Would XP tell me This product key
has already been used?

Regards,

Brian
 
Brian said:
If I re-format my hard drive and clean it up and then re-
load XP Home Edition, Would XP tell me This product key
has already been used?

Regards,

Brian
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Only if you have used the key to install XP on another machine.
I have reinstalled my OS many times, without a whimper from Product
Activation.
 
Unless you've made significant hardware changes, it shoud activate over the
internet. If not, then its just a simple, relatively painless phone call to
activate.
 
Save your WPA.DBL file from your System32 folder. When you reinstall rename
the new wpa.dbl file to wpa.noact in safe mode (per
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm ) and put in your saved wpa.dbl
file. This will only work on the same computer with the same hardware
configuration so no one can pirate by doing this.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1168009,00.asp
http://www.chsoft.com/pcmag/maintenance.html
http://www.pchelplive.com/article.php?sid=46
This will save a phone call.
 
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