XP Activation

[bluephi1914]

I am not sure about everyone else, but i format my HD about once every 2 months..or anytime i install a major peice of hardware (mobo, videocard etc.)... I am currently on my 6th activation in one year....I cant even activate it over the internet anymore, i have to speak with a phone rep. and i get the third degree from them everytime i call... is there a way to turn of this dreaded activation...

between xp pro and office xp.. i am sick of this activation $@#% and i feel like anyday now they are gonna tell me i cant activate my copy anymore.

What are my options

[BUFF]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/activation_workaround.htm

[0iD]

U tried it BUFF m8? Duz it work?
I got to the stage where I get a screen telling me I've reached the max amount of times I can reactivate XP. Hav to say, when I call M'Soft they still let me reactivate, but it is one monumental pain in the perverbial.

[Moby-Dick]

sounds like a nice (legal) workaround - I'd be intrested to know if it works.

I'm not sure why you rebuild quite so frequently, possibly for a motherboard change , but I'm suprised you feel it is needed for a GFX card swapout.

have you considered taking a baseline build of your machine and imaging it using something like Ghost ?

[joshwa]

i just use windows 2k - there's not that much difference - and there's way less hassle because there is no product activation