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durham related windows question....heh..

Hey guys..ok i know its the wrong forum to ask about windows but i still thought someone could help me...
Ok..my problem: I have windows XP on my comp..however due to several viruses i got in the past..i had to reinstall it...so now for some reason my activation key doesnt work any more..it says that i exceeded the amount of times windows xp can be activated with this specific key..so what i do now???can i find a new key somewhere??

help appreciated.
thanks
Reply 1
No idea
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Reply 2
ssmoose
No idea


thought so:smile: oh well....
Why post if you know it's the wrong forum?Maybe the people in the technology forum can help you...?
Reply 4
Ring up windows and tell them what happened, they usually dont believe you or you will probably get Ahmed from Tanzania and he won't understand what they hell you're saying, but keep trying, if they don't get you start again and eventually you will get through to someone.


This has happened loads to me. 3 options if they dont believe you, as they probably think you have a fake copy:

1)Use it for 29 days and before the activation period is up reformat your pc again saving the files you need to another drive or on disk, and then you can use it for another 29 days again
2) get a new windows - lots of money
3) get someone who knows about computers to sort it out. My uncle always sorts mine out through DIS somehow, but i also have about 5 windows disks, cos i keep having to do this when my pc gets so screwed up it wont work without reformatting.

In any case, ring them up first and try your luck
Reply 5
i meant DOS*
Reply 6
Kingers
Ring up windows and tell them what happened, they usually dont believe you or you will probably get Ahmed from Tanzania and he won't understand what they hell you're saying, but keep trying, if they don't get you start again and eventually you will get through to someone.


This has happened loads to me. 3 options if they dont believe you, as they probably think you have a fake copy:

1)Use it for 29 days and before the activation period is up reformat your pc again saving the files you need to another drive or on disk, and then you can use it for another 29 days again
2) get a new windows - lots of money
3) get someone who knows about computers to sort it out. My uncle always sorts mine out through DIS somehow, but i also have about 5 windows disks, cos i keep having to do this when my pc gets so screwed up it wont work without reformatting.

In any case, ring them up first and try your luck


yeah ill try calling tommorow...but what did u say when u called?!
Reply 7
I had a virus on my computer and so i reformatted it and now it says that i cant activate windows because ive tried it too many times.

Just say something like that. You'll be on a while trying to explan it, as the first 4 times thye porbably won't understand you.

theres a way you can do it on your pc, when you try activate it, it would probably say something like this code has already been used. to check this code oncemore type it here. Then you can connect to a phone line with a code they give you and the guy will ask for the code and then try change it for you. I don't really remember, just tell them truthfully what you did and it will probably be ok
Reply 8
Kingers
I had a virus on my computer and so i reformatted it and now it says that i cant activate windows because ive tried it too many times.

Just say something like that. You'll be on a while trying to explan it, as the first 4 times thye porbably won't understand you.

theres a way you can do it on your pc, when you try activate it, it would probably say something like this code has already been used. to check this code oncemore type it here. Then you can connect to a phone line with a code they give you and the guy will ask for the code and then try change it for you. I don't really remember, just tell them truthfully what you did and it will probably be ok



yeah ill do that then..i have 5 more days left to activate it:redface: so i need to hurr..hehe:smile:
thanks for the advice dude:wink:
Reply 9
No prob, if you are guna get someone to look at your pc, delete the porn.

11yr old boy sat in bright red embrassment while his parents, and John Cummings from down the road broswe through his 6000+ pictures of hardcore,anal and watersports on his computer, - Not a nice scene
Why are you so eager to let the entire world know about the collection of hardcore porn you keep on your computer,may I ask?
Reply 11
people like porn?
it makes me seem more masculine?
i want to push the boundaries of TSR acceptance?

besides its not there anymore
Reply 12
because it's hardcore
It actually makes you seem like one of those internet perverts actually but hey.

Good for you on the pushing the boundaries thing though.I do enjoy doing that from time to time in H&R.
Reply 14
Just because i like porn, doesn't make me a pervert.

I hope you're not one of this Fextremist (feminist/extremist)

if so, i respect women i do, im sorry!

whats H&R human resources or a cool way of saying here?
Health and Relationships...a sub forum on here.

I'm not a fextremist or whatever it was...I'm just saying that posting about porn might give people the wrong idea i.e.make them think you're some kind of internet stalker pervert.
Reply 16
big leap from visiting milfhunter.com one a week then to actually stalking people, besides i dont think im capable of thta kind of thing. I'm not a nasty person in general and most people could probably overpower me.

Also stalking porbably involves some sort of exercise, which is not my strong point.
Reply 17
dont go to that site by the way
Reply 18
Kingers makes me laugh. :biggrin:
Reply 19
Kingers
No prob, if you are guna get someone to look at your pc, delete the porn.

11yr old boy sat in bright red embrassment while his parents, and John Cummings from down the road broswe through his 6000+ pictures of hardcore,anal and watersports on his computer, - Not a nice scene


When I was on the Trevs IT committee and went round fixing computers I would always ask "Is there anything you don't want me to see on there such as bank statements or contracts..."

It was almost universally understood to mean "hide your porn" but it avoided people getting defensive about it.

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