Re: Dual Boot XP / Vista -- Reactivation requests

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:39:27 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
<> wrote:

> On Oct 5, 4:00*pm, "PencilState" <pencilst...@iforgotmypen.psu> wrote:
> > "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:bc21a402-14dd-4b6c-bc05-...
> >
> > > Three weeks ago, I have successfully installed Windows Vista Ultimate
> > > SP2 64 bit in a dual-boot configuration with my XP Pro SP3. *I have
> > > kept each up to date. *Since last Wednesday, September 20, 2009, I was
> > > constant booting into my Vista, *This morning, I booted into my XP
> > > section and was promoted to re-activate my XP.
> >
> > > My question: *Why did the XP request a "reactivation" and how can I
> > > prevent this?
> >
> > Activate it, maybe?
> >
> > If its valid, just do it.
>
> I am afraid that something is causing the "activation" to be lost and
> I may need to re-activate every time. It has been posted that at some
> point, MS will refuse to activate since they would consider the key to
> be used too often.



There is no such thing as using the key too often. You can reactivate
as many times as you need to.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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"smlunatick" <> wrote in message
news:e62d1dae-60f7-4bf5-85db-...
>
> There have been "previous" posts, on the various Windows XP
> newsgroups, that users with legit XP license were refused a new
> activation, even thought the XP was installed on the exact hardware as
> the previous times. Or were those posts in the "urban myth"
> categories?

Probably refused automatic internet activation. I've never been refused
telephone activation, even if I've re-activated the same copy on the same
machine days or hours apart...

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:40:45 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
<> wrote:

> On Oct 5, 7:24*pm, "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:39:27 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
> >
> >
> >
> > <yves...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 5, 4:00*pm, "PencilState" <pencilst...@iforgotmypen.psu> wrote:
> > > > "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > > >news:bc21a402-14dd-4b6c-bc05-...
> >
> > > > > Three weeks ago, I have successfully installed Windows Vista Ultimate
> > > > > SP2 64 bit in a dual-boot configuration with my XP Pro SP3. *I have
> > > > > kept each up to date. *Since last Wednesday, September 20, 2009, I was
> > > > > constant booting into my Vista, *This morning, I booted into my XP
> > > > > section and was promoted to re-activate my XP.
> >
> > > > > My question: *Why did the XP request a "reactivation" and how can I
> > > > > prevent this?
> >
> > > > Activate it, maybe?
> >
> > > > If its valid, just do it.
> >
> > > I am afraid that something is causing the "activation" to be lost and
> > > I may need to re-activate every time. *It has been posted that at some
> > > point, MS will refuse to activate since they would consider the key to
> > > be used too often.
> >
> > There is no such thing as using the key too often. You can reactivate
> > as many times as you need to.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> There have been "previous" posts, on the various Windows XP
> newsgroups, that users with legit XP license were refused a new
> activation, even thought the XP was installed on the exact hardware as
> the previous times. Or were those posts in the "urban myth"
> categories?


Almost certainly the latter.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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