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That problem is Microsoft....Here is what happened.. You see I emptied out my computer and reloaded my XP OS system/ program that I have had for years in a slip sleeve that came with the computer. Once I loaded it, I went to the update microsoft website, and I updated the XP OS system to the latest service pack or to the most current version in which I had transpired to for free "Microsoft Explorer 8".
Now there is this prompt that keeps telling me that I need to authenticate/activate or register my OS system that is used. OK, so I tried doing just that, but when I entered the numbers, then it said it wasn't right. I even got these numbers off of the side of my computer in which the OS system was loaded on board. Also it was in a slip disk that had the numbers on the back of the paper slip in which the CD was in. This CD came with my computer, yet Micorsoft is saying that the number I am punching in isn't right ? I'm down to day 14 on the activation count down, so what will happen next if I can't register this OS system, even though I own it and paid for it when I purchased the computer for which I had to clear out due to it running super slow ?
If the activation thingy ends, and Microsoft makes my system stop, I am going to be one angry consumer camper. This stuff is most aggravating when someone is trying to make one pay double for something in which they have already purchased once upon a time.
I know, I know XP isn't supported anymore, but for no more than what I use the net for, it is ok for that purpose, and I have a great virus protection on board so I should be OK for now.
Anyone know just how I can contact these Microsoft people, and this so I can let them know that they are interferring with something that isn't their right too, and that this is my property in which they are trying to take control of or over, and this they are doing as if it belongs to them somehow ?
Now there is this prompt that keeps telling me that I need to authenticate/activate or register my OS system that is used. OK, so I tried doing just that, but when I entered the numbers, then it said it wasn't right. I even got these numbers off of the side of my computer in which the OS system was loaded on board. Also it was in a slip disk that had the numbers on the back of the paper slip in which the CD was in. This CD came with my computer, yet Micorsoft is saying that the number I am punching in isn't right ? I'm down to day 14 on the activation count down, so what will happen next if I can't register this OS system, even though I own it and paid for it when I purchased the computer for which I had to clear out due to it running super slow ?
If the activation thingy ends, and Microsoft makes my system stop, I am going to be one angry consumer camper. This stuff is most aggravating when someone is trying to make one pay double for something in which they have already purchased once upon a time.
I know, I know XP isn't supported anymore, but for no more than what I use the net for, it is ok for that purpose, and I have a great virus protection on board so I should be OK for now.
Anyone know just how I can contact these Microsoft people, and this so I can let them know that they are interferring with something that isn't their right too, and that this is my property in which they are trying to take control of or over, and this they are doing as if it belongs to them somehow ?