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:tongue: hi
right now i am using an Hcl Beanstalk Pc. The vendor provided me the recovery cd {2cd pack}saying that it has genuine Ms wIn Xp Mce. I formatted my hdd then reinstall the new os but the activation process did'nt come. I just want to know that it is pirated or not .I Tried to install Ie 7beta version but i was taken to ms activation site. please help. I asked the dealer he replied that activation pro.. will not be carried out in this machine but if u intall the same os then the process wil definately run. Help please.:no: :huh:
 
Don't worry...OEM XP home/MCE installs will not need activation if installling on the same PC as the h/w sig of your PC matches what the OEM version is looking for to activate itself...

On the flip side, if you try installing XP MCE from your OEM CD to some other PC, it will ask for activation :D

BTW During IE7 beta instatllation, the MS site will run an active X control on your machine to verify the authenticity of the installed OS, which the OEM MCE will pass :)
 
yup last time i had a dell and windows activation never used to trigger. read that it was locked to the bios or something and when i tried out the same cd on another pc i got the pop up
 
I got a Recovery DVD with my Toshiba Laptop and it does not even ask for CD key. It just formats and copies the DVD contents on to the HDD. It a image made out with Norton Ghost. They made a image of the system with Xp installed and all drivers loaded. Maybe its the same with you.

So your machine should pass the authenticity test no doubt.
 
there is a count of hardware changes when reactivation message pops up.

the things counted are proccy, MB, hdd, optical drives, nic, (dunno exactly about ram).
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After you restore a previously-activated Windows XP-based installation from a backup, you may be prompted to re-activate the installation.

CAUSE
This behavior can occur if there are significant differences between the current hardware and the hardware that was in use when the original installation was backed up. These hardware changes require product re-activation because the installation now appears to have been installed on a new (additional) computer. Windows XP may prompt you to re-activate the computer under any of the following conditions:
• You restore from a backup of a non-activated computer.
• You have changed or added hardware, and this has caused Windows XP to become out of tolerance.
• You restore from the last backup that was made before the hardware changes and prior to activation.
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This imaging stuff is truly amazing :bleh: I got a corporate install so no activation. Just need the CD keys & off it goes :)
 
that can also be an unattended installation script. with the cdkey in it so that it dont prompt u for it..
 
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