There is probably a personal computer in every home today, and we no longer imagine how we could do without it before. Many modern users prefer to do PC maintenance on their own. At the same time, they have quite normal questions, for example: "How to activate Windows XP?" The answer to the question is devoted to this publication.
So, after installing on your personal computer we need to activate Windows XP - SP3 / SP2, what does this mean? And this literally means the following: with our subsequent actions, we will actually have to register the operating system with Microsoft. You should also be aware that if you install a copy of the OS, but do not activate Windows XP - SP2 / SP3, then you need to be prepared for the fact that at the end of the thirty-day period it will stop its work.
Accordingly, after a user of a personal computer has installed an operating system on him, he must know how to activate Windows XP in order to proceed with further work. The fact is that at the first start, the OS will offer to perform its activation automatically. Without an Internet connection, Windows will have to be activated by phone, so access to the World Wide Web must be configured and secured.
How to activate Windows XP using your phone? There are such numbers, having made a call on which Microsoft provides an opportunity for users from many countries to make OS activation. However, you can quickly complete the procedure we need using an Internet connection. So it will be much more comfortable and convenient than using special phone numbers.
You can activate the OS using a license code. This, in fact, is a numerical set that necessarily comes with each licensed copy of the operating system distribution. Ideally, for each such copy of the OS, you must use one licensed unique code. There is a special function MPA (Microsoft Product Activation), the task of which is to prevent the installation of copies of one OS on several personal computers and their subsequent activation.
So, we know that OS activation is carried out either by phone or via the Internet. How to activate Windows XP, if at the first automatic offer by the system the user postponed the process for some time? This should in any case be done no later than 30 days after installing the OS. To do this, click the "Start" button, then go to the "Programs" tab, switch back to "Standard", and then to "Utilities". Now you should select and run the menu item " Activate Windows XP".
During the activation of the Windows operating system, the serial numbers of the equipment installed on the personal computer are read. Using these data, the OS gets the opportunity to automatically create a special individual installation number. It consists of 50 characters and is subsequently transferred to the appropriate Microsoft service.
The transmission methods indicated above are telephone, Internet. In response, the user receives another number, which is called a confirmation code. It should be entered in the appropriate fields that the "OS Activation Wizard" has. If you select the activation method using the Internet, then the above processes are carried out automatically. Thus, the operating system receives the binding exactly to the personal computer on which it was installed and activated. Reinstall the same copy of Windows XP on another "machine" is impossible.
Now you know how to activate Windows XP. It should also be remembered that for some time (120 days) after activating Windows, it is not possible to update the equipment installed on the PC, but after the specified period you can "upgrade" your computer as much as you like.