XP activation removal tool

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Some dealers are selling CD's that remove the XP activation 30 day reminder
and allow you to run the OS as if it had been activated.
Does this work and is there likely to be any problems using XP in the future
if it has never been activated.
Thanks




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Hi Ben,

Those tools are well known, and you will find that you will not be able to
update the system properly if you use them.

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"Ben H" <benh@spam-me-not.com> wrote in message
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> Some dealers are selling CD's that remove the XP activation 30 day
> reminder and allow you to run the OS as if it had been activated.
> Does this work and is there likely to be any problems using XP in the
> future
> if it has never been activated.
> Thanks
>
>
>
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> Virus Database (VPS): 0521-1, 24/05/2005
> Tested on: 25/05/2005 23:21:31
> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
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why not just activate? Saves you a whole heap of trouble. If you're
talking about OEM vendors selling PC's with Windows installed, then it's
likely they've already activated Windows before you get the PC.

Anything else they do is illegal.

"Ben H" <benh@spam-me-not.com> wrote in message
news:8MNke.80$a5.72@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> Some dealers are selling CD's that remove the XP activation 30 day
> reminder and allow you to run the OS as if it had been activated.
> Does this work and is there likely to be any problems using XP in the
> future if it has never been activated.
> Thanks
>
>
>
> ---
> avast! Antivirus: Outbound Guaranteed Virus free.
> Virus Database (VPS): 0521-1, 24/05/2005
> Tested on: 25/05/2005 23:21:31
> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
> http://www.avast.com
>
>
>

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"Ben H" <benh@spam-me-not.com> wrote:

>Some dealers are selling CD's that remove the XP activation 30 day reminder
>and allow you to run the OS as if it had been activated.
>Does this work and is there likely to be any problems using XP in the future
>if it has never been activated.
>Thanks
>

If I were to encounter a dealer doing this I would run, not walk, out
of that store, and another for another dealer with at least some
degree of honesty and integrity.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:48:16 -0500, "Locke" <this@that.com> wrote:

>Microsoft is supposed to have a new way to keep invalid copies from
>updating. Also when you have an invalid copy - support is no longer
>available.
>
>Locke
>
>"Ben H" <benh@spam-me-not.com> wrote in message
>news:8MNke.80$a5.72@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> Some dealers are selling CD's that remove the XP activation 30 day
>> reminder and allow you to run the OS as if it had been activated.
>> Does this work and is there likely to be any problems using XP in the
>> future if it has never been activated.
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> avast! Antivirus: Outbound Guaranteed Virus free.
>> Virus Database (VPS): 0521-1, 24/05/2005
>> Tested on: 25/05/2005 23:21:31
>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
>> http://www.avast.com
>>
>>
>>
>
There's also the Windows Genuine Advantage.
How's it supposed to work? Is it enforced at the download
stage only? What's to stop users downloading the
enhancements/fixes from a second PC running windows 98?

Dave