Damn Windows! help me (reactivate)

Blackhawk47 · 31 Jul 2008 at 01:40

hi all, its pretty late but here it goes, new case in post tomorrow so i thought id get some of the crap in my system out, this included : couple of fans, lighting, 2 dvd drives, and now its saying that windows needs reactivating on the net, by phone or something else and i have 3 days to comply. does this mean i need a new copy of xp or do i just enter my key which im using now?

mr.sly · 31 Jul 2008 at 01:42

Just need to use the same key. You haven't changed anything in your system so I'm not sure why it's asking you for your key.

Just reactivate and you should be fine.

bledd · 31 Jul 2008 at 01:42

probably won't even need to type the key, just click 'activate' worst case scenario, you phone the free microsoft number (that it tells you) and sort it out over the phone

might be the dvd drives set it off

Blackhawk47 · 31 Jul 2008 at 11:40

okay well happy about that. any chance once ive put everything in new case it will think its fine and not bother asking? its just although ive heard of this ive never come across it as ive taken ram, graphics card out many times.

once ive rebuilt ill give it ago , thats if i can find the key that i used.

Thebug · 31 Jul 2008 at 11:55

Blackhawk47 said:
thats if i can find the key that i used.

Should be stuck on the side of the case

bledd · 31 Jul 2008 at 12:16

shouldn't ask you for the key

use magic jelly bean key finder to find it on your pc for future./