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Can you please comfirm whether XP Professional Edition needs activation like the Home edition? I read yes but I also read no....anyone know for sure? They tell me that it is like Corporate Edition thats why no activation needed but this sounds wrong to me. Is it like that in any country?
I need to buy a new copy tomorrow and want to double check just in case.
Also the Home version is good no? Or should I pay a little more and get the Pro?
Thank you
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All xp installations need activating. Even corporate.
The issue with corporate is that alot of them have pre activation codes set up so that it activates during installation. This is a preinstallation that is installed from microsoft within the installation disc and is coded to install a certain number of machines. Once that limit has been reached then the company must buy an additional licenses just like the everyday joe.IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE,
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Windows XP Professional Upgrade
Windows XP Professional OEM
Windows XP Professional Retail
Windows XP Professional VLK/Corporate
Windows XP Professional MSDNAFAIK, they all require activation upon installation, with the exception of the VLK/Corporate version.
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lurkswithin, I'd like you to explain to me just how a Volume license installation CD "knows" how many times it's been installed?
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Me too.
OBW, If you weren't using XP you wouldn't be going through all these gyrations.
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name,
If you had read the entire two relevant articles provided by Chyck 2 in Response Number 1, you would have found the explanations you are seeking.
i_XpUser
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XPuser, apparrantly I'm totally stupid, here's a few quotes: from Microshafted:
" Product activation is not required for licenses that customers acquire through one of the Microsoft volume licensing programs, such as Open License or Select License.""Product activation is not required for licenses that customers acquire through one of the Microsoft Volume Licensing programs, such as Open License or Select License. Volume Licensing programs can be scaled to even the smallest businesses, and customers can qualify for the Microsoft Open License program by acquiring as few as five product licenses."
"Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains three changes of importance to customers using Volume Licensing Keys (VLKs):
• Eligibility for Windows XP Service Pack 1.
• Eligibility for access to Windows Update.
• Ability to encrypt a VLK for unattended setup of Windows XP.
One important thing is not changing: The existing VLK for Windows XP Professional issued to you by Microsoft will continue to work with Windows XP Professional with SP1."
""Windows XP SP1 ships with a list of the two product IDs that are created by the pirated VLKs. To determine eligibility for the update, Windows XP SP1 compares the Windows XP product ID on the system to this list. The comparison and the list reside locally on the user's computer; no information is sent to Microsoft as part of this process. The Windows XP SP1 installation will fail on computers with the following product IDs:
• XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX
• XXXXX-640-2001765-23XXX""Now I have not read all this stuff will every single semi obscure link to every single obtuse footnote, but I see NOTHING that indicated to me
"the answer to my question", which was:
If I use a LEGITIMATE Volume key and a LEGITIMATE CD, then how is it that Bill, sitting in vacationland or wherever, "knows" that I've installed this software "so many times?"
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I cannot answer how is it that Bill, sitting in vacationland or wherever, "knows" that I've installed this software "so many times? but I can say tell you this:
As long as you take reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that this product key is used only to install and distribute licenses pursuant to the terms of your agreement with M$, you have nothing to worry about.
i_XpUser
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