Activating Windows XP   

I was running Windows XP on my Mac before it was stolen.  My insurance 
replaced the computer but when I re-installed windows from the original cd, 
it will not let me used the COA because it was used with the computer that 
was stolen.  Is there a way to re-activate windows on my new computer using 
the COA that came with the original CD?  Thank you.

date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:48:01 -0700   author:   jacobo

Re: Activating Windows XP   

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:48:01 -0700, jacobo
 wrote:

> I was running Windows XP on my Mac before it was stolen.  My insurance 
> replaced the computer but when I re-installed windows from the original cd, 
> it will not let me used the COA because it was used with the computer that 
> was stolen.  Is there a way to re-activate windows on my new computer using 
> the COA that came with the original CD?  Thank you.


Is your copy of Windows a retail one or an OEM one? If it's a retail
one, you should have been given an 800 number to call and activate
easily and quickly.

If it's an OEM copy, no, you may not. The biggest disadvantage of an
OEM copy is that its license ties it permanently to the first computer
it's installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer,
sold, or given away (except with the original computer).

-- 
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:55:42 -0700   author:   Ken Blake, MVP in

Re: Activating Windows XP   

jacobo wrote:
> I was running Windows XP on my Mac before it was stolen.  My
> insurance replaced the computer but when I re-installed windows
> from the original cd, it will not let me used the COA because it
> was used with the computer that was stolen.  Is there a way to
> re-activate windows on my new computer using the COA that came with
> the original CD?  Thank you.

Multi-Posted.  Please look into cross-posting if you feel your query needs 
to be in multiple newsgroups (for the future.)

Same answer:  What is it you are speaking of?  Activation?

Try activating by telephone.

-- 
Shenan Stanley
     MS-MVP
-- 
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:16:39 -0500   author:   Shenan Stanley