abhay k

I have purchased windoes xp professional with sp-2 at frist time i have
activate and regisster also but due to some problem i have formated my pc &
reinsatall xp but now iwant to activate win xp and ihave internet connection
also but it dosent activate pls do needful within honour

"Deuce" wrote:

> I have a copy of Windows XP Home that was pre-installed on my desktop
> computer when I bought it. It has also been activated. They also included the
> Windows XP Home disk. I have now decided to upgrade to Win XP Professional
> using a retail upgrade CD. If I do this, will I be able to activate my XP
> Home copy on another desktop? Right now it has been installed on that other
> desktop, but not activated. So I actually have the same copy of Win XP Home
> running on two computers, but one keeps reminding me to activate. What would
> be the best (and least expensive) move? Thanks.

smlunatick

On Nov 10, 9:38*am, abhay k <abhay k...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I have purchased windoes xp professional with sp-2 at frist time i have
> activate and regisster also but due to some problem i have formated my pc &
> reinsatall xp but now iwant to activate win xp and ihave internet connection
> also but it dosent activate pls do needful within honour
>
> "Deuce" wrote:
> > I have a copy of Windows XP Home that was pre-installed on my desktop
> > computer when I bought it. It has also been activated. They also included the
> > Windows XP Home disk. I have now decided to upgrade to Win XP Professional
> > using a retail upgrade CD. If I do this, will I be able to activate my XP
> > Home copy on another desktop? Right now it has been installed on that other
> > desktop, but not activated. So I actually have the same copy of Win XP Home
> > running on two computers, but one keeps reminding me to activate. What would
> > be the best (and least expensive) move? Thanks.

If the XP will not activate after the first successful install /
activation, you need to follow the Activate by Phone steps.