my hard drive crashed, so installed a new one, and reinstalled xp
it says my cd key is not valid anymore to activate.
is there a way to change it in the regestry to say it is activated, or am i going to have to call up MS to fix the problem?
If its an original key, and your using the correct disc etc, then it should be fine when you call them up and explain. Sounds to me like you're using a pirate.
If you have the original disc then MS will activate it from there side for you I have used this option before, after I used my CD key to many times from reformatting excessively due to a hardware issue.
my hard drive crashed, so installed a new one, and reinstalled xp
it says my cd key is not valid anymore to activate.
is there a way to change it in the regestry to say it is activated, or am i going to have to call up MS to fix the problem?
apparently they only need the first column to verify it is legit....i think you can type in gibberish for the rest of the things and it will activate it no matter how many times you have done it. not sure though
to be honest i have activated the SAME key probably 30 times