PRODUCT KEY PROBLEM

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Hi TEEN342,

You're going to have to choose the option to activate by phone, then call
the number displayed for Microsoft.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"TEEN342" <TEEN342@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2148967A-4DCA-43AA-8016-1A7F83414E17@microsoft.com...
> HI I HAVE RECENTLY REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP HOME SP1A BUT IT WONT LET ME
> ACTIVATE IT, IT IS A LEGAL COPY AND THE DISC IS MINE. HOW DO I ACTIVATE
XP?
>
> I KNOW ACTIVATION IS LINKED TO HARDWARE CONFIG BUT IT IS THE SAME AS IT
WAS
> BEFORE YET IT WONT ACTIVATE MESSAGE IS...
>
> "...THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN ACTIVATE WINDOWS WITH THIS PRODUCT KEY HAS
> BEEN EXCEEDED..."