Subj : Win XP :-(
To   : JEAN PARROT
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 09:59 am

JP> TW> IF I was working with a "Pre-Installed" version like you I "may" have
JP> TW> done it but I have to FIGHT the Re-Activation thing.

JP>        It is not a fight, Tom. If you start from a clean HD, the two
JP>  .wpa files are not there and MS will honour your activation as for a
JP>  new system. I know, I have done it a few times now for my own use
JP>  and for others. This OEM redo of day before yesterday was so smooth
JP>  the validation was not even seen but you and I know that it is in a
JP>  Dell CMOS. Doing my own system, I only had to click on : This system
JP>  is always connected to internet and it took over from there,
JP>  connected to MS and was done in a wink. Did not hurt at all.


 Not so from the infoirmation I have for an install from a Retail box
 edition. IF I format and re-install the system the internet activatio
 nwil lbe Rejected and I will have to Phone in and Explain the
 circumstances. IF the "Talking Head" at Microsoft has had a good day
 he/she will give yuo an Activation key.
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