Re: Windows XP Pro COA Licence for sale

I would think that they are required to activate it by law.

Rob

"James" <jdeakinsREMOVETHISBIT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:1211582054.742823@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yep.
> I tried clicking on the on-line "activate" button for a week.  It kept 
> replying that it was unable to communicate, or something similar.
>
> <R1rob> wrote in message 
> news:48373dfa$0$28600$c3e8da3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Thats helpful of them.
>> Did you try it to activate it online?
>>
>>
>> "James" <jdeakinsREMOVETHISBIT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:1211579379.137606@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Not any more.  I tried it this morning with an XP Pro licence from an 
>>> HP. I explained that there were no installations of the licence other 
>>> than the one I was activating, and it was only going to be on one PC.
>>>
>>> They wouldn't activate it.  "When the old PC dies, the licence dies
with 
>>> it."  Maybe it's because I was reactivating a licence which came from
a 
>>> PC with a manufacturer supplied OS.
>>>
>>> It looks like they've tightened up the checklist for the people at the

>>> call centres.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>