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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on October 28, 2005, 5:12 pm
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Activate the OS install.
If it is a legal install it will activate without issues.
All installs other than with major vendor OEM versions (Dell,IBM, etc.)
require activation after installation.
If the COA is seen as invalid then you likely do not have a legal
copy/license.
>I have recently reinstalled Windows XP following hardware changes. I am
>being
> prompted to activate the OS, but told that the COA number I have is
> incorrect. My computer supplier told me to ignore the prompts to activate,
> as
> these are "errors", as I am simply reinstalling an already-activated
> product.
> Because the Microsoft Anti Spyware site thinks I don't have an activated
> Windows XP, I can't install it. The antispyware software is really useful
> and
> I'd like it back!
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>
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