docwebster ([personal profile] docwebster) wrote2006-03-07 12:45 am

XP Pro question

What's the limit on activating copies of XP Pro before it horks and you have to call in and get a new activation code?

[identity profile] midnightmadness.livejournal.com 2006-03-07 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Like flexibleflyer said, it varies. I've heard some people do it several times and even run multiple copies at the same time. I had to do a reinstall of a copy I only ever installed once before, and it locked me out of activating it on the new one. I just upgraded to a new HD, everything else on the comp was the same, but it knew that the copy had already been installed once on a "different" computer, so I had to call for a new activation code on only my second install. YMMV.