It was suggested in another topic that MS is no longer allowing us to activate online OR over the phone. Their phone system does not saying about it and it ask you to specify the product; It does say that support has ended but you can still activate with existing keys. Microsoft Windows Embedded Through the Dell OEM Solutions partnership with. OEM Windows Embedded. And the ability to utilize hardware activation of. 603 related questions. I have a dell latitude d610 laptop with windows xp professional that was given to me by my mother she said she pieced all the insides of the laptop together online through dell and had it shipped ( so it doesnt come with a windows xp CD its built into the computer), she gives it to me, i've been using it for. After you finish installing the Windows XP operating system on a PC computer, you will be prompted to activate your copy of the software. However, on occasion, you. I am not finding any information about this online, even anything saying that online activation is dead; if anyone has any documentation confirming this has been cut I would appreciate it because I will need to present this to my company. Are still actively supporting Automation controls on XP boxes, part of this support is HDD failure replacement where we load a fresh instance of XP and setup as needed. This works with my current instance as it is covered by a builders license and some goofy agreements between MS and our vendor, but we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. If we can't activate any more this may great affect our support and change our practice from a simple break fix to a full upgrade; Great internally as more revenue but the customers are going to be pissed! Captain Frostbyte wrote: Chris (Microsoft) Might be able to get you an answer. I think the only version of XP that still does new installations is embedded and that is because it doesn't phone home for activation. I know there was talk of them shutting down the authentication boxes for XP. The only thing that would still work for full install is probably big box OEM (acer, lenovo, HP, etc) where it checks the bios and again doesn't phone home for authentication. Our vendor is technically OEM but they never used the BIO for key storage..nor have they EVER offered OEM media. They supply an image made.hell I can't remember now but the Win7 image is an unsupported Ghost format. The last build was a failed PATA drive that I was able to repair and get operational enough to pull an image. Because it was an in place repair it reset the activation; had I been able to activate I would had them up and running in 48 hours, because it wouldn't activate it took 3 months to get them back to an acceptable running state without a massive controls upgrade for the entire line ($30k easy) to bring them up to windows 7. MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. Worked in the past but required activation. MrAdam wrote: Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. Worked in the past but required activation. If the OEM disk doesn't see the vendor code on the hardware check then it checks for/required standard OEM license key. MrAdam wrote: Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. Worked in the past but required activation. And the media matches the key you're using to try activate? What error do you get when activating? Have you tried calling the activation team after it errors? Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote: Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. Worked in the past but required activation. And the media matches the key you're using to try activate? What error do you get when activating? Have you tried calling the activation team after it errors? Of course they don't match, one is AB branded (Key) and the other Dell (Media) For what? To get laughed? Support ended, I would assume that mean any request for support at any level would be rejected. MrAdam wrote: Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote: Chris (Microsoft) wrote: MrAdam wrote.we have had issues where we needed to use older instances that require individual activation with the COA license. The last one of these I tried failed, I assumed there was an underlying cause directly linked to the PC and an alternate solution was available so i did not pursue the cause of the activation failure. What media and key did you use to activate Windows XP? Activation could have failed because you used media and key that didn't match (i.e. OEM key and VL media). I have not heard anything specifically about Microsoft no longer supporting XP activation. I have used Dell branded media to in-place repair Allen-Bradley branded installs. Worked in the past but required activation. And the media matches the key you're using to try activate? What error do you get when activating? Have you tried calling the activation team after it errors? Of course they don't match, one is AB branded (Key) and the other Dell (Media) For what? To get laughed? Support ended, I would assume that mean any request for support at any level would be rejected. I'm not sure what I can do here to help then. I mean, I think it would be worth a shot to see what is said. What else are your alternatives? Curtis3363 wrote: LarryG. Wrote: Curtis3363 wrote: HP Compaq nx6325 with COA on back XP Pro This is the exact key on the bottom COA online activation Now lets try Phone activation After entering group keys, 'this is not a valid Microsoft product' Now in case you're in doubt here is part of the COAWhy are you having to enter a new key, though? XP should ask for a key during install. I pulled the ISO off the internet and it was already hacked, so I changed the registry to force enter a new keySo, the problem here may well be that your ISO is hacked / broken so MS won't activate it. Curtis3363 wrote: LarryG. Wrote: Curtis3363 wrote: HP Compaq nx6325 with COA on back XP Pro This is the exact key on the bottom COA online activation Now lets try Phone activation After entering group keys, 'this is not a valid Microsoft product' Now in case you're in doubt here is part of the COAWhy are you having to enter a new key, though? XP should ask for a key during install. I pulled the ISO off the internet and it was already hacked, so I changed the registry to force enter a new key Ya think that MIGHT be the whole issue? Three Methods: This wikiHow teaches you how to bypass the trial version of Windows XP, either by using a stock product key or by using software to display your own product key. Note that you should only use the following information if you are unable to activate even though you have a legally-purchased copy of Windows XP. Note: The three methods presented here may need to be used together depending on the situation: • Changing the Windows XP Product Key Manually - includes instructions for how to use a stock product key to activate Windows XP. • Using the Windows Key Finder - provides the detailed steps to get the product key from your device using Windows Key Finder. • Fixing the Windows Activation Loop - is only required if you have already reached the time limit for activation and need to reset the loop.
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