Guest Smithers Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Back in 2009 I had a MSDN Universal subscription that of course came with XP Pro. In the past few years I have reimaged/reinstalled my development computers probably 10-15 times or so. I just reimaged again yesterday and when I went to activate the copy I received a popup stating that I had exceeded the maximum number of times I could activate. I called the phone number and got it activated that way so I'm at least up and running. My question: What is the maximum number of times that XP Pro - from an old MSDN subscription can be activated? Where can I learn more about this whole activation thing. Thanks.
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Activating XP Pro - Max Number of Times? "Smithers" <A@B.com> wrote: > My question: What is the maximum number of times that XP Pro - from an > old MSDN subscription can be activated? Where can I learn more about > this whole activation thing. "Product Keys and Activation" (excerpt) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx#keys | MSDN Subscription product keys can be used to activate software on up | to 10 PCs. An additional product key may be requested by calling MSDN | customer service. -- d-d
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Activating XP Pro - Max Number of Times? Smithers wrote: > Back in 2009 I had a MSDN Universal subscription that of course came with XP > Pro. In the past few years I have reimaged/reinstalled my development > computers probably 10-15 times or so. I just reimaged again yesterday and > when I went to activate the copy I received a popup stating that I had > exceeded the maximum number of times I could activate. I called the phone > number and got it activated that way so I'm at least up and running. > > My question: What is the maximum number of times that XP Pro - from an old > MSDN subscription can be activated? Where can I learn more about this whole > activation thing. > > Thanks. > > There's no limit to the number of times you can reinstall and activate the same WinXP license on the same PC. Nor is there ever a charge. Nor does a Product Key (so long as it's not an evaluation license) ever expire. 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 Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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