Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.

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Joey

Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.

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my dad got win xp on his new pc. you have to register it or something. i went to install xp on my pc, but then i will have to register and then they will notice that 2 pcs have the same copy on it.

how can i get passed this? i will have to delete win xp in 29 days since i cant register it.
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the whole point of registering is so you CANT do this.

if you want to run it on two pc's, buy two copies.

service pack 1 detects a lot of false XP keys, so if you find one on the net, service pack1 might detect it and make your XP unregistered again.
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It is possible to fool XP into thinking your configs are the same. Just have the same GFX card, network card, motherboard, and a few other things.
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but to fool it for the network card you need the same MAC address, and that mean you cant run both on the same network with the same MAC address
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XP allows a number of components to be different, so the average user can make changes to their config without being nagged.
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You wouldn't be. Windows 98 crashes more than a car at a demolition derby
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You won't say any bad word about Windows 98 when you have at least once tried Windows Me.
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I agree that Windows ME sucks arse, but 98 is overshadowed by XP and 2K.
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Yeah but AGI games don't run properly in AGI... you have to use NAGI or any of the other clone interpreters to play AGI games in XP. I like having my 98 pc next to me for when I want to play old dos games. :)
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yah i was gonna go back to 98 since this wouldnt work anyway, but i thought that you could put copies of it on different pcs IN YOUR HOME. i thought it would just be illegal to give it to friends or something.

ill go back to 98se.
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You can put Office XP in all of your computers, but you can put Windows XP only in one computer.
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office xp registers itself like windows XP does.
home version of office, irrc can be put on two pcs at once.
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oh. i guess ill just stick with win89se for now.
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I know how to crack the WinXP activation ( thats what its called ;) ), but it is illegel. So I won't help you!

( I use a legal copy of Win .NET server though ;) )
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