windows xp not activated - not genuine
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mollard
Jul 20, 2011, 1:55:07 PM7/20/11
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Hi
I have an old lap top that has not been used for some years but as I
have decided to do some study I dug it out and switched it on, so far
so good but then it said that Windows XP home edition was not
activated so I followed the instructions and tried to activate it
first it could not find an internet connection so I had to do it over
the phone (remember the days when you got a person at the other end) I
did but got a message saying I may have been a victim of piracy and
for further help got to www.microsoft.com/genuine so like a good
little girly I did - it is not a help place its a sell you another
version of windows place. I have found the original discs that came
with the lap top and have reinstalled everything but still have the
same problem. A friend mentioned it could be because of the date
discrepency between my laptop and microsoft (the laptop thinks its
October 2005) but other than the change date facility I have no idea
how to change this and that wont alter the internal chip time.
I have emailed the laptop manufacturer, the people I bought the lap
top from and Microsoft but in a week none of them have bothered to
answer - nice people!
Any ideas plse.
I have an old lap top that has not been used for some years but as I
have decided to do some study I dug it out and switched it on, so far
so good but then it said that Windows XP home edition was not
activated so I followed the instructions and tried to activate it
first it could not find an internet connection so I had to do it over
the phone (remember the days when you got a person at the other end) I
did but got a message saying I may have been a victim of piracy and
for further help got to www.microsoft.com/genuine so like a good
little girly I did - it is not a help place its a sell you another
version of windows place. I have found the original discs that came
with the lap top and have reinstalled everything but still have the
same problem. A friend mentioned it could be because of the date
discrepency between my laptop and microsoft (the laptop thinks its
October 2005) but other than the change date facility I have no idea
how to change this and that wont alter the internal chip time.
I have emailed the laptop manufacturer, the people I bought the lap
top from and Microsoft but in a week none of them have bothered to
answer - nice people!
Any ideas plse.
Dhanushka Gunasinghe
Jul 21, 2011, 12:14:51 AM7/21/11
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Adam Mongroo
Jul 21, 2011, 9:36:59 AM7/21/11
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you have to enter the bios on your laptop and change the time there first, then change the time in windows itself. to find out how to enter the bios look up your brand and model of laptop on google on how to enter the bios. usually its either the escape key or f1 or f2 on initial turn on of the laptop.
marty39
Jul 21, 2011, 10:45:40 AM7/21/11
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It isn't whether you have the original disks but what 15-character
Product Key you enter when you install Windows. There are many
different product keys available on the Internet to enable people to
install Windows without paying for their own copy with their own
unique product key. I won't speculate why, but you might be using a
product key that has been distributed on the Internet and used by
other people. If somebody else activated their copy with the same
Product Key before you did, they would be recognized as the valid
owners and you would be suspected of piracy. Your responsibility would
then be to show proof that you have the original Product Key. I have
also heard that Microsoft forgets Product Keys after about three
months so you could lie low for three months and then try again. I
have also heard that Microsoft asks for a new activation if there has
been a change in the major hardware components of the computer since
the original installation of Windows. It might even have something to
do with the date, but as far as I know, adjusting the date in Windows
also adjusts it in the hardware; the only reason you have to keep
doing it is that when you turn off the power the computer forgets the
date you set because the little battery on the motherboard is dead.
On Jul 20, 1:55 pm, mollard <greenwoodjoa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I have an old lap top that has not been used for some years but as I
> have decided to do some study I dug it out and switched it on, so far
> so good but then it said that Windows XP home edition was not
> activated so I followed the instructions and tried to activate it
> first it could not find an internet connection so I had to do it over
> the phone (remember the days when you got a person at the other end) I
> did but got a message saying I may have been a victim of piracy and
> for further help got towww.microsoft.com/genuineso like a good
Product Key you enter when you install Windows. There are many
different product keys available on the Internet to enable people to
install Windows without paying for their own copy with their own
unique product key. I won't speculate why, but you might be using a
product key that has been distributed on the Internet and used by
other people. If somebody else activated their copy with the same
Product Key before you did, they would be recognized as the valid
owners and you would be suspected of piracy. Your responsibility would
then be to show proof that you have the original Product Key. I have
also heard that Microsoft forgets Product Keys after about three
months so you could lie low for three months and then try again. I
have also heard that Microsoft asks for a new activation if there has
been a change in the major hardware components of the computer since
the original installation of Windows. It might even have something to
do with the date, but as far as I know, adjusting the date in Windows
also adjusts it in the hardware; the only reason you have to keep
doing it is that when you turn off the power the computer forgets the
date you set because the little battery on the motherboard is dead.
On Jul 20, 1:55 pm, mollard <greenwoodjoa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I have an old lap top that has not been used for some years but as I
> have decided to do some study I dug it out and switched it on, so far
> so good but then it said that Windows XP home edition was not
> activated so I followed the instructions and tried to activate it
> first it could not find an internet connection so I had to do it over
> the phone (remember the days when you got a person at the other end) I
> did but got a message saying I may have been a victim of piracy and
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