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pacaveli · 01-13-2007, 09:56 PM

i have a prior copy i bought for my last build, if i buy a new hard drive, can i load that onto a new computer?

Lasereth · 01-14-2007, 07:20 AM

Yes, but you might have to call Microsoft and explain that it's a new PC if it's a legit version. It's only legal if you stop using the last PC though.

pacaveli · 01-14-2007, 01:00 PM

are u joking with me?

Dilbert1234567 · 01-14-2007, 01:18 PM

it's no joke.

pacaveli · 01-14-2007, 03:25 PM

hats kinda a jip

so sayi have a friend who has an XP disc installed on his computer sells that and installs the same disk on his new rig, is their anyway for windows to actually tell if my friend is doing this, and will my friend still get updates ect...

mikec · 01-19-2007, 03:10 PM

activation generates a unique ID based on the product key and hardware components, which M$ keeps in a database. if a copy has been activated on one machine, other activations will be denied.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302878

pacaveli · 01-19-2007, 10:47 PM

and u know whats even more annoying about this it's just as expensive to get another keycode as it is to get the damn software and keycode. completely unresonable

/rant

NotAnAlias · 01-20-2007, 03:16 AM

Activation is retarded, i agree. I've never had to activate a copy of windows in my life - <3 vlk.

pacaveli · 01-20-2007, 11:19 AM

PM me how to do that!

NotAnAlias · 01-22-2007, 02:22 AM

Nocando sorry, VLK stands for Volume License Key - businesses etc get these things which license entire suites of microsoft software, can't give mine out i'm afraid.

01-13-2007, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	Windows XP i have a prior copy i bought for my last build, if i buy a new hard drive, can i load that onto a new computer? __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/

01-14-2007, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Yes, but you might have to call Microsoft and explain that it's a new PC if it's a legit version. It's only legal if you stop using the last PC though. __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

01-14-2007, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	are u joking with me? __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/

01-14-2007, 01:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	it's no joke. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

01-14-2007, 03:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	hats kinda a jip so sayi have a friend who has an XP disc installed on his computer sells that and installs the same disk on his new rig, is their anyway for windows to actually tell if my friend is doing this, and will my friend still get updates ect... __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/ Last edited by pacaveli; 01-14-2007 at 11:37 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

01-19-2007, 03:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Location: Stratford, CT	activation generates a unique ID based on the product key and hardware components, which M$ keeps in a database. if a copy has been activated on one machine, other activations will be denied. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302878 __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

01-19-2007, 10:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	and u know whats even more annoying about this it's just as expensive to get another keycode as it is to get the damn software and keycode. completely unresonable /rant __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/

01-20-2007, 03:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
NotAnAlias Tilted Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Activation is retarded, i agree. I've never had to activate a copy of windows in my life - <3 vlk.

01-20-2007, 11:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	PM me how to do that! __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/

01-22-2007, 02:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
NotAnAlias Tilted Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Nocando sorry, VLK stands for Volume License Key - businesses etc get these things which license entire suites of microsoft software, can't give mine out i'm afraid.