windows activation limit reached

[Guest christopher]

hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is asking

for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new code,

Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

it's a free call and

you'll get the new

code too.

 

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

> hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is asking

> for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new code,

> Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

[Guest christopher]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

Thank you for your help and your quick responce.

 

"db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. ." wrote:

> it's a free call and

> you'll get the new

> code too.

>

> --

>

> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

>

> "christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

> > hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is asking

> > for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new code,

> > Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

It's free, but I don't believe they give you a new code, they just reset the

count on your current code.

 

How many times HAVE you reinstalled Windows? How long have you had it?

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

> hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is

> asking

> for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new

> code,

> Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

yw

 

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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BEAE0A82-C30B-4B7F-A0ED-119F8F12DC58@microsoft.com...

> Thank you for your help and your quick responce.

>

> "db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. ." wrote:

>

>> it's a free call and

>> you'll get the new

>> code too.

>>

>> --

>>

>> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

>>

>> "christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

>> > hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is asking

>> > for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new code,

>> > Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

>>

>>

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

On Aug 19, 4:57 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:

> It's free, but I don't believe they give you a new code, they just reset the

> count on your current code.

>

> How many times HAVE you reinstalled Windows? How long have you had it?

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com

>

> "christopher" <christop...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

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>

>

> > hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is

> > asking

> > for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new

> > code,

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What count? Wan't XP supposed to be forever installable on the same

PC hardware?

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

Not in all cases. MSDN versions of Windows XP can be installed a number of

times on different hardware but there is a limit (within a certain time

frame) after which you must call in and explain your case satisfactorily

before they will reset the count.

 

I have no idea what the OP is doing, how many times he's reinstalled, how

much he's changed the hardware, what version of installation media he's

using, or what the rest of the story is. But in fact, no, I don't believe

you can Activate Windows on the same machine too many times in too short a

timeframe without Activation taking notice. I might be wrong, but that's my

understanding. Maybe there are such restrictions that apply only to OEM or

System Builder versions, I don't know. I just DO know that MSDN versions

have Activation counters, because that's what I mostly use. I've never

actually hit the limit, but it's made plain to subscribers that various OSes

and Applications have various limits to how many machines you can install

them on to within some unknown period of time.

 

I also don't know if the OP or his machine is/was part of a Volume

Licensing/Multiple Activation Key scheme where, again, I'm fairly certain

the number of times an Activation Key is used is kept track of. If so, I was

probably wrong and he probably DOES need a new code, or the machine came

from a business that had such a scheme and he has no license to use it in

the first place, and which case, no, it won't be free. In fact, it won't be

anything except go buy a retail copy.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 19, 4:57 pm, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:

> It's free, but I don't believe they give you a new code, they just reset

> the

> count on your current code.

>

> How many times HAVE you reinstalled Windows? How long have you had it?

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/Userhttp://grystmill.com

>

> "christopher" <christop...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> > hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is

> > asking

> > for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new

> > code,

> > Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.- Hide

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What count? Wan't XP supposed to be forever installable on the same

PC hardware?

[Guest Ken Blake]

Re: windows activation limit reached

 

"christopher" <christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:39B9B3BD-9089-436F-A3DA-6F1E53D7689E@microsoft.com...

> hello, i have just re-installed windows becouse of a virus. Now it is

> asking

> for a new code becouse the limit is reached. It says ring up for a new

> code,

> Is this going to cost me or do they just give me a new code.

 

 

Just follow the prompts and activate over t ephone. It's quick, easy, and

free.