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On my new XP/Pro system, if I enter ...
All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Activate Windows
.... it tells me that Windows is already activated. Great!!
I've just reloaded XP/Home in my old system, and there is no apparent way to activate the operating system. The "Activate Windows" item just isn't on the System Tools menu. All the Microsoft help and KB articles seem to assume that it would be there.
Now, somewhere up there in MS Land someone must like me, because I've just downloaded and applied over 90 patches to the basic Windows XP/SP2 OS ... and not once did it ask me about activation.
I'm going to give this computer to a computer novice in the next week or two. And she will not know what to do if she is asked about "activation."
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Opps ... I'm the one that is lost! Just found out that using the Run command I can enter "oobe/msoobe /a" and it bring up the Activation window.
The strange thing is that it says the system is activated. I KNOW I didn't activate it, so that remains a mystery, but apparently it is no problem that requires solving.
I've been fooling around with computer all my life and at times they are a total mystery to me. Oh well ....
Is this something I should be concerned with?
All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Activate Windows
.... it tells me that Windows is already activated. Great!!
I've just reloaded XP/Home in my old system, and there is no apparent way to activate the operating system. The "Activate Windows" item just isn't on the System Tools menu. All the Microsoft help and KB articles seem to assume that it would be there.
Now, somewhere up there in MS Land someone must like me, because I've just downloaded and applied over 90 patches to the basic Windows XP/SP2 OS ... and not once did it ask me about activation.
I'm going to give this computer to a computer novice in the next week or two. And she will not know what to do if she is asked about "activation."
___________________________________________________________
Opps ... I'm the one that is lost! Just found out that using the Run command I can enter "oobe/msoobe /a" and it bring up the Activation window.
The strange thing is that it says the system is activated. I KNOW I didn't activate it, so that remains a mystery, but apparently it is no problem that requires solving.
I've been fooling around with computer all my life and at times they are a total mystery to me. Oh well ....
Is this something I should be concerned with?