Tip and Trick Tips and hints and Tricks on Computing, Technologies and Gadgets. Essential Archives Community forums Subscribe Get hold of Windows XP has significantly less stringent Windows Products Activation algorithm compared with Windows Vista. One example is, Pc pcs from branded OEM (original equipment manufacturer) is activated out-of-factory,
Office 2010 Professional Plus Key, and most hackers and pirates go for volume licensing (often known as VL or VOL) edition of Windows XP Certified which when set up having a volume product or service crucial (VLK), won't demand person to activate yet again using the web or by cellular phone.
Yet,
Windows 7 Home Premium Key, Windows XP does involve item activation too. Doesn’t need (as in the case of when using OEM or VLK product or service essential,
Office Pro Plus 2010, which is instantly and automated activated) to perform steps to activate Windows XP doesn’t mean that Windows XP is not activated, and activated Windows XP is one of the requirement for the installed copy of operating system to be considered by genuine by Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) Validation Tool.
To check, view or verify the Windows XP current activation status, open Run command from Start Menu, and run the following command:
oobe/msoobe /a
A “Activate Windows” dialog window will open to let consumer know the activation status. If the Windows XP has been activated, the message is “Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.”
Else,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, you will be asked to let’s activate Windows now,
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