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I have for many years had a Windows XP system. From time to time I boot it up, typically to use some ancient peripheral (e.g. my ancient Canon LiDE scanner), to do something with QuickBASIC or to recover data on other people's hard disk where their system has kicked the bucket.
To be honest, I haven't used it for months. However, yesterday I booted it up in order to use my scanner which doesn't work with later versions of Windows and was greeted with the message:
From time to time i have connected up other PATA HDDs, changed the display screen, the keyboard / mouse combination and plugged in various USB ThumbDrives and for all I know I may even have changed the system drive with the aid of Acronis True Image at some time in the dim distant past. However, I have never changed the Motherboard, CPU or RAM.
Why am I being asked to reactivate Windows now; is there a way of sidestepping this request (permanently) and/or how can I avoid this tedious task in future?
To be honest, I haven't used it for months. However, yesterday I booted it up in order to use my scanner which doesn't work with later versions of Windows and was greeted with the message:
It didn't say "Proceed straight to gaol, do not pass GO and do not collect £200" but it was pretty damned insistent.
From time to time i have connected up other PATA HDDs, changed the display screen, the keyboard / mouse combination and plugged in various USB ThumbDrives and for all I know I may even have changed the system drive with the aid of Acronis True Image at some time in the dim distant past. However, I have never changed the Motherboard, CPU or RAM.
Why am I being asked to reactivate Windows now; is there a way of sidestepping this request (permanently) and/or how can I avoid this tedious task in future?