XP sp2 on Dell Optiplex GX620. Did a repair install, not recovery console, that remedied several issues. However, now insisting that I activate XP. Claims product key is invalid. This is the same ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how users activate Windows XP when Service Pack 3 launches in the first half of 2008, a company white paper said. New installations of Windows XP SP3 will give users the ...

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy measures in Windows XP to respond to the beta testers' concerns of that XP's product activation system wasn't tolerant enough of typical ...

Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

Windows XP, which was released in 2001, boasts strong popularity even after the end of support in 2014 due to its stable operation and the ability to operate on low-spec PCs, and 20 years after its ...

Buyers of new PCs may have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation, a controversial new Windows feature. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their setup disabled if they change ...

Microsoft may have sent Windows XP off into the great unknown in 2014, but the operating system never fully went dark. Never mind that yet two more versions of Windows have been put to rest since XP’s ...

I figured that this was the correct forum for this, since it's mostly admins, and you guys usually know all about the joys of licensing. If it belongs in the software forum, my apologies.<BR><BR>I'm ...