No need to worry if you are a corporate or academic user and purchase volume licenses for Windows XP. Also if you purchased your new computer with a pre-loaded version of Windows XP, you should probably never have to worry about activation.
Microsoft allows computer manufacturers to pre-activate Windows in the factory. You don't need to talk to Microsoft to activate your copy of Windows XP. You don't need to activate as long as they match.
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See Reactivating Windows after a hardware change for more info about reactivating Windows 10 after making a significant change to your device's hardware. If you're having trouble activating Windows 10, follow these steps to fix activation errors:. Confirm that your device is up to date and running Windows 10, version or later. Not running Windows 10, version or later? Learn how to update your device at update Windows Not running Windows 10 yet?
If you're running Windows 10, version or later, the Activation troubleshooter might help reactivate Windows if you recently made a significant hardware change such as replacing the motherboard or reinstalled Windows. For more info about how activation works in Windows 10, see Activate Windows.
If the troubleshooter detects a valid Windows 10 digital license for an edition not currently installed, it will let you know and show you how to install the correct edition. Windows 10 Pro volume license clients are used by large organizations that deploy Windows 10 to hundreds or thousands of computers.
You upgraded to Windows 10, but the activation servers were busy. You upgraded to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer, but Windows 10 isn't activated after a reinstall.
Your copy of Windows 10 should automatically be activated as long as you didn't make any significant hardware changes to your device such as replacing the motherboard. If you bought a device from a reseller of Windows 10 and expected the key to be valid, contact the reseller.
If your device was purchased with Windows 10 preinstalled and you received this activation error upon turning it on for the first time, contact your device manufacturer. If your device was recently repaired at an independent repair facility, contact them to see if the repairs require a new Windows 10 license. Enter a valid product key that matches the version and edition of Windows 10 installed on your device. You might also see this error if you previously upgraded to Windows 10, but the current edition of Windows installed on your device doesn't match the edition of your digital license.
You can either enter a valid product key that matches the edition of Windows installed on your device or reinstall the edition of Windows 10 that matches your digital license. If your device is running Windows 10 Version or later , the Activation troubleshooter can help you install the correct edition of Windows on your device.
For example, a product key for the Enterprise edition of Windows 10 can't be used to activate Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Core editions. For more info about reactivating Windows 10 Version or later after a hardware change, see Reactivating Windows after a hardware change.
You might see this error if you entered a product key for the Enterprise edition of Windows to activate Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro. Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8. Activating Windows See Activate Windows for general info about activation, including how to choose your activation method.
Notes: If you don't see Go to Microsoft Store on the Activation page, contact your organization's support person. Need more help? Join the discussion. A subscription to help make the most of your time. For up to 6 people. Premium apps. Try 1 month free. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.
Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. We have identified the problem as it being a suspension of online activation due to the maximum number of times a machine with Windows XP can be activated via Internet. Please follow the steps for activation offline via telephone:. To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:.
If the automated telephone activation is not accepted, you will be offered the option to speak with a live activation representative. Choose that option. If so, the rep will issue an activation code for you to enter into the Activation Wizard. Please file a service request using the weblink below concerning the error message you are receiving during activation:. Please add the installation id's to activate the product in the case notes.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to active Windows now. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box, and then click Next.
Note The number appears now and differs based on the location that you select. When activation is completed and you receive the following message, click OK. You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.
Please reply back to this thread with the case number only once you have finished creating a case. Reinstalled XP Home from scratch yesterday and getting error during online activation since yesterday.
Please read this hotfix article as this may be another reason why you are having activation issues:. Is this some validation server downtime at Microsoft or what? It's been this way for a week.
There is a work around to that problem without emailing or calling C. S i had the same problem just email if you want the fix as i will not post it on a microsoft forum statca hotmail.
I do not understand why should I spend 40 minutes on the phone activating Windows when I have an original and legitimate license. My time worth more than the license.
Curious why would you not post here so others may view a resolution should they do a search? What is your proposed fix? I am very curious to know myself Please read the post which Lori posted above your post I've got it here to.
Also, this is the first reinstall. So there goes Lori's theory. If I understand correctly, it's the number of times that XP was installed fresh on the machine, not the amount of times the key was used. For me, it happened on a MSDN subscription key and it was the first time I had used it, but the machine had XP on it previously but I formatted the drive and started over. Maybe it's a desperate attempt to move people off of XP? Your issue is related to Product Activation.
The purpose of this forum is the support of the WGA program and your question falls out of the scope for our support. Please post all your questions in the " Discussions in Windows Update" located :.
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