I purchased a copy of Windows XP pro. It installed very nicely on my
computer. Subsequently when the hard drive crashed - i reinstalled without a
problem; so far so good. Later, when i needed to clean the hard drive - wipe
it out completely - and then reinstall XP - i get an error message something
to the effect of i have exceeded the number of times that I am allowed to
install this software!?! How do I get around this?? I am NOT a business i am
NOT trying multiple installs - but I would like to get the intended use out
of the software i paid for... any clues?

thanks.

Select the option to "activate by phone" to obtain a
new activation code.

How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307890

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"bobby" wrote:

| I purchased a copy of Windows XP pro. It installed very nicely on my
| computer. Subsequently when the hard drive crashed - i reinstalled without a
| problem; so far so good. Later, when i needed to clean the hard drive - wipe
| it out completely - and then reinstall XP - i get an error message something
| to the effect of i have exceeded the number of times that I am allowed to
| install this software!?! How do I get around this?? I am NOT a business i am
| NOT trying multiple installs - but I would like to get the intended use out
| of the software i paid for... any clues?
|
| thanks.

Excellent - that worked - thanks for your help.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Select the option to "activate by phone" to obtain a
> new activation code.
>
> How to activate Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307890
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
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>
> "bobby" wrote:
>
> | I purchased a copy of Windows XP pro. It installed very nicely on my
> | computer. Subsequently when the hard drive crashed - i reinstalled without a
> | problem; so far so good. Later, when i needed to clean the hard drive - wipe
> | it out completely - and then reinstall XP - i get an error message something
> | to the effect of i have exceeded the number of times that I am allowed to
> | install this software!?! How do I get around this?? I am NOT a business i am
> | NOT trying multiple installs - but I would like to get the intended use out
> | of the software i paid for... any clues?
> |
> | thanks.
>