Guest Dreamchaser Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Dear all, I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of installing. Is it true?
Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? ....and, where did you read this? A fairy tale book? "Dreamchaser" <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com... : Dear all, : : I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of : installing. Is it true?
Guest David B. Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? No, stop believing everything you read. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Dreamchaser" <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > Dear all, > > I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of > installing. Is it true?
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 06:45:10 -0700 (PDT), Dreamchaser <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of > installing. Is it true? Completely false. You need to be more selective in what you read. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Unknown Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? No! "Dreamchaser" <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote in message news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > Dear all, > > I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of > installing. Is it true?
Guest Phisherman Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:08:10 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: >No! >"Dreamchaser" <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote in message >news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com... >> Dear all, >> >> I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of >> installing. Is it true? > Well, my PC stated that I had an invalid key after SP3 installation and gave me 30 days to correct it. I re-entered my product key and now all is well.
Guest Anteaus Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? -"Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote: > ....and, where did you read this? A fairy tale book? Not quite sure if that's what you'd call http://microsoft.com... ...which states that the activation process is changed somewhat, in particular allowing a reasonable time for re-activation after hardware change. This also (IME) has the effect that some machines may need re-activating. If the machine is one with an OEM Windows, it may have been pre-activated with a nonvalid key, in which case you may possibly have problems re-activating it. Though, in most cases entering the sticker key will fix this.
Guest Robert Church Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? Well of the few people I know only one had to reactivate after SP3 - that came as a surprise of course - and was a totally valid license - never changed or reinstalled - Only had to call MS once and was quickly reactivated - MS hadn't a clue as to why ???????? Just for your info !!!!! "Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message news:covd4493f8qv6v5v3a75pnjtvljqs56lrn@4ax.com... > On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:08:10 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> > wrote: > > >No! > >"Dreamchaser" <jchchye@gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > >> Dear all, > >> > >> I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of > >> installing. Is it true? > > > > > Well, my PC stated that I had an invalid key after SP3 installation > and gave me 30 days to correct it. I re-entered my product key and > now all is well.
Guest Dreamchaser Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Any keys needed to activate SP3? On Jun 5, 6:58 am, "Robert Church" <rachu...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Well of the few people I know only one had to reactivate after SP3 - that > came as a surprise of course - and was a totally valid license - never > changed or reinstalled - Only had to call MS once and was quickly > reactivated - MS hadn't a clue as to why ???????? > Just for your info !!!!! > > "Phisherman" <no...@nobody.com> wrote in message > > news:covd4493f8qv6v5v3a75pnjtvljqs56lrn@4ax.com... > > > > > On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:08:10 -0500, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> > > wrote: > > > >No! > > >"Dreamchaser" <jchc...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:2cae5542-794f-4cf0-b7aa-dab8dd3fe82c@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com.... > > >> Dear all, > > > >> I've read that SP3 will prompt for an activation key after a month of > > >> installing. Is it true? > > > Well, my PC stated that I had an invalid key after SP3 installation > > and gave me 30 days to correct it. I re-entered my product key and > > now all is well.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks all.
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