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04-10-2008, 07:01 PM
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XP Registration Help!
My cousin and I share a computer. Its an IBM, not sure about anything more specific than that. Its old though. Id guess around 5yrs or so. I had to reformat it and everything goes perfect. Now its installed and I have " 30 Days to activate windows". The problem is I dont have the original paper work AND the information is not on the computer. How/what do I need to do to get it registered? I dont want to reinstall it every 30 days
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04-10-2008, 08:31 PM
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You don't have the License key on the side of the tower/under the laptop?
You should be able to click on the register button and call microsoft/connect to the internet. As long as you don't have to enter the CD key you should be fine.
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04-10-2008, 09:54 PM
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Yea Ive called and seen the screen via the internet, but once I get there I dont have the key. I think there is like 9 fields each field holding 5 characters. Since I dont have the paperwork and its not on the computer I dont know what to do
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04-10-2008, 10:49 PM
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Practically any computer with Windows loaded on it will have a license on the bottom.
 If you don't have this, check the copy of windows you loaded. Sometimes they have pre-programmed keys. Perhaps the key was "entered" during the install and it's simply not activating. I've had this happen before; a simple call to MS can resolve the problem.
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04-10-2008, 11:00 PM
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Otherwise, you are seeing the license screen. MS needs to rethink the license agreement. At least Mac OS lets you install it on up to 5 systems.
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