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When Microsoft ended support for XP, they were quick to say we will continue to re-activate XP if you have to reinstall, etc.. But over the last few years they seem to have dodged the issue and deleted the links about this.
Contact them by one of these methods and keep contacting them until they do sort it out for you. Was this reply helpful? I tried the procedure in safe mode. It worked three times, but doesn't anymore. The rundll. What can I do now? This wiki is just resetting the XP Activation grace period, which you can only do 3 times and then XP stops working. You must enter a legit XP key and activate online or over the phone for XP to keep working.
Not Helpful 7 Helpful Not Helpful 18 Helpful What do I do if I have done the steps, but my computer still asks for an activation key? Not Helpful 18 Helpful 8. Not unless you purchase it from them. You can, however, download a little tool called KMSPico that will search for a product key that matches your Windows version specifically, and activate it without the need for you to own a product key. Or you can Google how to find the product key in your installation disc.
Not Helpful 20 Helpful 5. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. If you want your Windows XP to be always genuine and not get into any legal problems with Microsoft, you have to disable Microsoft Windows critical updates.
Here's how to do it: Go to Start, then to Control Panel. Be sure that the Control Panel is in classic view. Go to Automatic Updates and double click on it. You are done! One more thing: It must be annoying to have alerts every 2 minutes that Automatic Updates is turned off.
So to remove the annoying alerts, you have to double click the small "red" icon where the clock is situated in the extreme bottom right. The Security Center will appear and in the left there will be some options. Be sure to select the "Change the way Security Center alerts me" option and uncheck the "Automatic Updates" option.
Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. You Might Also Like How to. How to. Co-authors: Asked 2 years, 1 month ago. Active 5 months ago. Viewed k times. What Options are there to activate Windows XP nowadays? Improve this question. Albin Albin 6, 4 4 gold badges 31 31 silver badges 56 56 bronze badges. I ran into this last year and the activation servers turned out to be down rather than gone forever.
The producers were paying Microsoft yearly fees for maintenance. This could explain why it's still possible to activate Windows XP as noted in Albin's answer in case an ATM machine needed to be replaced. XP activates fine for me with an internet connection mid Note that's using it from within a VirtualBox in Linux Mint. As soon as it's activated, I disable the net connection. Show 1 more comment.
Active Oldest Votes. I found two solutions, both of them work offline, so you don't have to connect the WinXP system to a network although I have to use WinXP I try to minimize security risks : A Activating over the phone Calling the current MS activation number for a product still in support e.
Improve this answer. GeoffAtkins yay? Good answer, this worked for me a couple of weeks ago when a VM I have suddenly wanted to be re-activated. I was really surprised the phone system still worked. GeoffAtkins technically correct, although there was an out of band update this year, and also for Window Server When the Navy stops using it, then it dies.
My machine had already expired so I could only get into safe mode, which wouldn't let me run the OOBE tool. I had to reset the clock using rundll Update, it doesn't seem to be permanent. Show 6 more comments. BruceHill BruceHill 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges.
Please be cautious!!! Whatever this does, this might be illegal software even maleware I haven't tried yet. You should describe in detail what the link does. I find it strange, if there is something wrong with this activation link, that it was posted on the Microsoft forum almost a year ago without any moderators issuing any warning about it.
I just used this method and the activation code that was generated activated my copy of Windows XP. This is a legit link. If you call the activation number found in your product, they'll offer to text you a shortlink: m.
This works fine to activate Windows XP via the 'telephone' method as of April Add a comment. Regarding failure of online activation, did you check the date on the system?
I activated Windows XP on an old machine one week ago. This post does not answer the question. The OP is claiming that online activation does not work, he is assuming this is a server problem, but it's equally possible it's a client problem, especially as others are reporting succesful activations.
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