Computer (Non- tech support or stats) question

[compfreak]

Sorry I have been away for a week. I mentioned my hard drive breaking, and my computer became majorly fuxz0rd. I tried reinstalling the OS and I found the problem that leads me to make this thread. Apparently Microsoft will not accept any of my Win XP licinse keys. I help people with their computers quite often and have installed OSs many times. I think that MS could have noticed repeated activations from the same IP with a number of keys and banned me from activating Windows. Has anyone else here ever had a similar problem? If you have, I really need help with a workaround. My laptop is too slow to play games or use many of the programs I need for school, but I can't run most of those on Linux. Because of the activation problem, all I can get my desktop to run is Linux. Somebody please help me out, because I have no money to buy a new computer with the OS installed already or another licinse key.

 

[Hardclyff]

If I were you I wouldn't hesitate to download a crack or an OEM Windows copy from P2P, if you bought your copy of Windows. You will have problems downloading updates from MS though

 

[Nairagorn]

Don't use XP, problem solved

 

[Fluffy The Hamster]

Nairagorn. I love you.

Back to reality. I'd rather much use winduhz 98 then anything else. I'v grown attached to it, :/.

 

[Juno]

Nairagorn. I love you.

um... ok.... moving swiftly on...

Compfreak!!! I dont understand alot of things that are said on these forums... espeically to do with computer operating servers/software BUT.... here is a suggestion...
back last christmas a friend needed to have xp for the ipod software and i lent him my cd with key, and it worked so cant you just get a new key from a friend/aquaintence/fairy godmother?
As i said sorry if this is impossible but it was just a suggestion cause i heard there are only 4 differant cd codes anyway

 

[Worbah]

Nairagorn. I love you.

Back to reality. I'd rather much use winduhz 98 then anything else. I'v grown attached to it, :/.

I'd use DOS if any new games supported it.

 

[Demiminigod]

XP's working fine, but it took em couple o' years to get it functionaly, don't put your chances on Longhorn. Not anytime before 2025

 

[Nairagorn]

Please don't talk about pirating anything. I think it's a good idea to keep any discussion of the sort to pm's or other forums.

only 4 differant cd codes anyway

And that's not true

 

[mediobogdum]

I think that MS could have noticed repeated activations from the same IP with a number of keys and banned me from activating Windows.

I believe this is exactly it. This is expressly what Win XP Activation was designed to stop. Without breaking any rules on this forum its difficult to suggest a solution. Suffice to say it does exist.
Google will show you the way grasshopper

 

[compfreak]

Damn. I guess I'll have to spend tomorrow on Google rather than just looking at a link here. And whoever said that about DOS: though it was invented a decade before my birth, I would agree if it could run the programs I need. Unfortunatly most of the stuff for school (and some of my favorite utility apps) are XP only.

To Juno: thanks for trying, but as you said you don't really understand computers. The keys work, but the two-step activation only works on the local part. The remote (Microsoft) part refuses the keys even though I know they are right.

 

[Juno]

ah oh well i tryed

 

[Zed0]

there should be an option to phone up microsoft

I've done it before, the first time I tried I got a message saying the building had been evacuated and to call back, the second time htey jsut activated it without even asking anything