Reformatting

[Jason]

After 2 activations of the same product, you can't
activate it anymore using the Internet. I believe you can
still activate it by phone though. From what I've read on
Microsoft's press releases about the product activation,
the activation center has a no-questions-asked policy
about telephone activations. Of course each time you
activate the product that's logged to track if somebody's
passing their CD around, but if a rep just outright
refuses to give you an activation code, that's news to me.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

IIRC, there was a "credulity limit" on the number of installs. I think it
was around 15 or so times, especially within a short period of time, say a
couple of months.

Let me look into this and get back to you.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Jason <[email protected]> asked:

| After 2 activations of the same product, you can't
| activate it anymore using the Internet. I believe you can
| still activate it by phone though. From what I've read on
| Microsoft's press releases about the product activation,
| the activation center has a no-questions-asked policy
| about telephone activations. Of course each time you
| activate the product that's logged to track if somebody's
| passing their CD around, but if a rep just outright
| refuses to give you an activation code, that's news to me.
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Whenever I reformat mycomputer I can't install Office XP because it
|| says the product has been activated on another computer. Yes it has,
|| THE SAME ONE. I contacted miucrosoft when i was installing and it
|| worked but they will not allow me to do it anymore because they
|| might think I am installing it on more thasn one cokputer. If I
|| un-install it first I can install it fine with the same key, but if
|| windows wont boot and I need to reformat I cant un-install, any
|| suggestions.