Activation query

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Alternatively, you can open the Windows Product Activation Wizard
by clicking Start, then Run, and then typing: oobe/msoobe /a
and hit "enter".

Many preinstalled versions of Windows XP do not require activation
since the installation media is BIOS-locked to a specfic model PC,
thus it cannot be installed on any other PC.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message:
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|I have a new laptop running XP Home and need to activate it.
| I have downloaded the instructions at:-
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| http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -US;307890
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| But the activation icon is not where the article says that it should be, and
| I can't find it anywhere else.
| Can someone point me to a better article covering activation, or tell me how
| to do it.
|
| TIA
| Brian Tozer
|
|