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Nomen Nescio
Flightless Bird
I was given a PC without a hard disk, that was purportedly
lying in a storeroom for 18 months. It has a COA for XP Home
(not OEM). I put a hard disk in installed XP Home on it.
Before this, I installed linux and run several diagnostics.
I had also found the ethernet port to be good and accessed
the internet.
Then I try to activate XP by internet, it says (after a few
seconds) that it can't and I must activate by telephone.
What is up? If the key on the COA has been used in the last
120 days, will it give this error?
lying in a storeroom for 18 months. It has a COA for XP Home
(not OEM). I put a hard disk in installed XP Home on it.
Before this, I installed linux and run several diagnostics.
I had also found the ethernet port to be good and accessed
the internet.
Then I try to activate XP by internet, it says (after a few
seconds) that it can't and I must activate by telephone.
What is up? If the key on the COA has been used in the last
120 days, will it give this error?