Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-06 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary? volume licensing but volume licensing is suppose to be used as upgrades to exis

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-06 Thread warpmedia
Volume License Key, key's issued to members of the MS Volume License Program (VLP). 1 key, many copies, none need activation. Common in big companies and schools where they have many machines so they buy a site license & 1 set of media for all the PC's. The FCKGW key for XP that floats around

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 12:25 AM 4/6/2006, FORC5 typed: what does VLK stand for ? 1st time hearing that term. MSFT had a give away of a USB ThumbDrive to OEMs that could answer 4 or 5 licensing questions correctly & one of them is about VLK. VLK is volume licensing but volume licensing is suppose to be used as u

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread FORC5
what does VLK stand for ? 1st time hearing that term. fp At 09:12 PM 4/5/2006, warpmedia Poked the stick with: >There are also VLK versions like I'm using in college right now that do not >need to be activated at all. There is no "Corporate" edition, that's a warez >term for a VLK version that n

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread FORC5
every time I have seen this *30 days* message on next reboot got a message *must activate to log on*. maybe I am just lucky. fp :'( At 08:18 PM 4/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: >If you're testing hardware, chances are the build won't be together in 30 >days, and therefore no need to act

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread warpmedia
There are also VLK versions like I'm using in college right now that do not need to be activated at all. There is no "Corporate" edition, that's a warez term for a VLK version that needs no activation. Even better we are given access to the MS Academic Alliance which grants us free copies of e

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread Ben Ruset
If you're testing hardware, chances are the build won't be together in 30 days, and therefore no need to activate. FORC5 wrote: welcome to Bill's world I often wonder what places that test hardware all the time do about this, my guess is a corporate version. fp At 12:29 PM 4/5/2006, [EMAIL P

Re: [H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread FORC5
welcome to Bill's world I often wonder what places that test hardware all the time do about this, my guess is a corporate version. fp At 12:29 PM 4/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >Had a major computer crash yesterday, ended up losing my main C drive a >Raptor 36G drive. ugh!

[H] Is activating XP necessary?

2006-04-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Had a major computer crash yesterday, ended up losing my main C drive a Raptor 36G drive. ugh! Anyway, I had to reinstall XP, now I'm getting the message to activate it within 30 days. Can I just ignore this or will bad things happen in 30 days?I plan to install the same XP on my new syste