Re: Installed, Activated, and then Uninstalled

message from Bruce Chambers on 8 Jun 2004
Greetings --

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
having removed WinXP from the computer it was first used on, you can
install it onto the new one. If it's been more than 120 days since
you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be
able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less,
you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

Bruce Chambers
 

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