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Have you looked at a ghosting solution?
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These are already licensed copies of XP that are simply being repaired.
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No
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These are already licensed copies of XP that are simply being repaired.

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When we do reloads or repairs on XP machines it has gotten to where none of them (Dells especially) will do an activation over the Internet. We have to telephone Microsoft (India) and beg for an activation code. Why is this? It didn't used to be this bad. Is there some other way to get Microsoft to allow vendors to do activiation without spending 15 minutes on the phone, not to mention the pint of blood.<br />
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thanks,<br />
Paul...
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When we do reloads or repairs on XP machines it has gotten to where none of them (Dells especially) will do an activation over the Internet. We have to telephone Microsoft (India) and beg for an activation code. Why is this? It didn't used to be this bad. Is there some other way to get Microsoft to allow vendors to do activiation without spending 15 minutes on the phone, not to mention the pint of blood.

thanks,
Paul...

XP will not activate, sick of calling Microsoft!

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.