I seriously don't understand gamers these days

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  • RJARRRPCGP
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    • Jul 2004
    • 6304
    • USA
    #21
    Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

    Originally posted by dingo99
    MS allows unlimited internet reactivations on the same machine.
    Bleep! Wrong! I destroyed my "genuine" Windows XP Pro OEM CD, because it decided to say that I exceeded the limits of the number of activations for the product key after reinstalling!

    It felt like Microsoft was saying, "F-you, you're punished, you're banned from activating.
    You might as well get a pirated copy of Windows XP."
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      • kc8adu
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        • Nov 2003
        • 8832
        • U.S.A!
        #22
        Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

        who wants to talk to an idiot in india who sounds like they have a mouthfull of shit anyway?
        now they seem to want your life history too.NOYGDB!

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          • Bookworm
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 123
            #23
            Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

            You can get, sort of, unlimited activations on the same machine if

            1) it's a retail copy.
            2) You have something like two weeks between activations, or more.

            OEM copies get _three_ installs, then they report that you can't do it anymore.

            2 solutions.

            1) Call India and get them to give you an activation code.
            2) At the first install, after you've installed all the base drivers, make an image of the system.

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              • gdement
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                • Jan 2007
                • 690
                #24
                Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                There's a data file somewhere in the Windows folder that pertains to activation. If you want to be able to reactivate the same machine, you can just copy and restore that file manually. At boot, Windows hashes your machine to see if it matches the data in that file. Since it will match, Windows is happy. Or so I've read anyway.

                I'm not sure if that works on OEM installs, but that's my assumption.

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                  • Bookworm
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 123
                    #25
                    Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                    It does work on OEM installs, but the two times I've tried it, it didn't want to work for me. I'm not sure, but I suspect that even _driver revision levels_ will matter.

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                      • Shocker
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                        • Dec 2011
                        • 635
                        #26
                        Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                        Originally posted by Fizzycapola
                        Recently I've not been using the absolute end or very beginning of drives in hope that someway this might help the drive from errors from the dirty edges of the platters.

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                          • Scenic
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                            • Sep 2007
                            • 2642
                            • Germany
                            #27
                            Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                            nice job bumping a 4 year old thread

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                              • shovenose
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                                • Aug 2010
                                • 6575
                                • USA
                                #28
                                Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                                Lol.
                                I've been using the same 5 XP keys for many years now... they lawyas work on the first try

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                                  • Topcat
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                                    • Oct 2003
                                    • 16956
                                    • United States
                                    #29
                                    Re: I seriously don't understand gamers these days

                                    holy 4yr old thread Batman!!
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