XP sp2 on Dell Optiplex GX620. Did a repair install, not recovery console, that remedied several issues. However, now insisting that I activate XP. Claims product key is invalid. This is the same ...

Bottom line: It is now possible to activate a new installation of Windows XP, despite the fact that Microsoft no longer operates its online activation servers. Windows XP has long since been left in ...

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to change its antipiracy measures in Windows XP to respond to the beta testers' concerns of that XP's product activation system wasn't tolerant enough of typical ...

Windows XP is the operating system that just won't die. After its 2001 release, XP would go on to sell more than 400 million copies. Microsoft tried to end support for the OS several times over the ...

Following its decision earlier this month to drop Vista's "kill switch," which puts Vista in reduced functionality mode if the license key fails to validate with the WGA system, Microsoft will also ...

I'm routinely given systems to repair where the outcome is reinstalling Windows XP. Never does the original system owner have the media that came with the PC, so I try to match up the media I use to ...