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Seems there is a limit to the amount of times you can re-activate your copy of Windows XP, then you have to purchase another license that's about the same price as buying a new copy.
This is not mentioned anywhere in the EULA that I can find. Nor is it stated on the box the software comes in.
This to me seems like it would make someone more motivated to pirate their software.
I like to re-download XP every 8 months or so to really clean it up.
The work around!
Here's a way around reactivation. Windows XP maintains the activation information in the file Wpa.dbl, which you'll find in the WindowsSystem32 folder. After you activate, and any time you add hardware to your system, back up the file to another disk. If you need to reinstall Windows XP for any reason, go through the installation routine, then copy the latest version of Wpa.dbl to the Windowssystem32 folder. |
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