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What do I do now that the 30 day grace period for windows xp home has expired?

Asked by DuVall in Windows XP Operating System, Apple Operating Systems

Tags: activated, period, windows

Hello,

To make a long story short......

1) I had installed windows xp onto a new hard drive when it crashed on my laptop.
2) I discovered after the fact that my serial number was expired because the laptop manufacturer reported the laptop stollen to MS - therefore MS would NOT accept my activation key.
3) I knew I needed to purchase new windows software - so I did so. However it was very late ariving and the 30 day grace period had expired before I had a chance to change to the new serial and activate it with MS.
WHAT IS MY OPTION NOW? Is there anyway to still activate it with the new serial number I purchased - OR am I going to be foreced to re-install windows to get the new serial number installed and activated?
I was going to use the "jelly bean" soft to change the serial and simply re-activate the current installation - But now I am locked out of the computer and don't know of a way to get it activated now without doing a complete new re-install.......... Is this correct? Is there any other way to avoid a new re-install???
Is there anyway MS can take this info over the phone and still activate the current install???

Thanks,
duvall
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