I installed XP professional on a Compaq Presario (I'm planning to swap out the case and motherboard sooner or later) but the PC keeps telling me to activate it. I can get the internet working just fine on Windows 10 but on XP it won't load any pages or anything. Even just plugging the ethernet into the PC doesn't do a thing regardless of drivers.
I assume phone activation still works if you'll never want XP online anyway.
Screw period correct; I wanted a faster system back then. I choose no dropped frames, super fast loading, fully compatible and quiet operation.
Phone activation does work. But since Microsoft does not support it, it's much easier to download Win XP SP3 from torrents and don't bother with activation at all.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
Also, disable your LAN adapter in XP when you're done... it's a harsh world out there. Probably not sensible to download torrents without anti-virus too, and even then...
Screw period correct; I wanted a faster system back then. I choose no dropped frames, super fast loading, fully compatible and quiet operation.
I think it is fine to have windows xp pc connected to internet. Just make sure you have firewall that blocks all the incoming connections to that PC and don't go to any shady web sites.
Got it activated, had to upgrade to SP3 and it worked perfectly. I don't really plan on having this online again.
wrote:...download Win XP SP3 from torrents and don't bother with activation at all.
Or...if you don't do torrents(which I personally don't):
EDIT: LINK REMOVED. Plenty of "auto-activating" versions there.
Or...if you want to be a bit more legit(like if you just need service packs and/or updates):
WSUS Offline v9.2.4. Get all your XP service packs and updates all in one go. 😉
Side note: It won't get you the WE/POSReady updates though. Still have to get those via Windows/Microsoft Update(or the Update Catalog).
Huh... WSUS Offline. Hadn't heard of that. Good tip.
Still trying to find one of those.. ehhh... "self-activation" methods that works reliably. It really irks me that I have a legitimate, retail copy of XP Pro, box, media, the whole nine yards, but I can't just click the Activate button anymore. I don't like that I ever had to, but now that I can't, I like it even less. Who knows how long the phone workaround will exist. I'm OK paying the piper, but I really want a final solution instead of relying on asking Microsoft for permission to use the software I bought.
wrote:But since Microsoft does not support it
Seems like someone forgot to tell Microsoft, they released another patch just last week.
https://www.howtogeek.com/414804/still-on-win … y-or-get-wormed
wrote:Huh... WSUS Offline. Hadn't heard of that. Good tip.
Still trying to find one of those.. ehhh... "self-activation" methods that works reliably. It really irks me that I have a legitimate, retail copy of XP Pro, box, media, the whole nine yards, but I can't just click the Activate button anymore. I don't like that I ever had to, but now that I can't, I like it even less. Who knows how long the phone workaround will exist. I'm OK paying the piper, but I really want a final solution instead of relying on asking Microsoft for permission to use the software I bought.
If/when MS ever cut off activation for legitimate customers I don't see a problem with using the same method Dell, Lenovo etc. systems auto activate offline. No need to now though.
Screw period correct; I wanted a faster system back then. I choose no dropped frames, super fast loading, fully compatible and quiet operation.
Seems like someone forgot to tell Microsoft
They still don't support it. They had to do it in this instance, but only because it's really huge exploit and a lot ot ATMs are still using WinXP.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
wrote:Seems like someone forgot to tell Microsoft
They still don't support it. They had to do it in this instance, but only because it's really huge exploit and a lot ot ATMs are still using WinXP.
Who's fault is that?
I'm not complaining, We have a few XP/2003 PC's running industrial machines still worth close to 1 million so its not like they are getting upgraded soon.
but likewise I don't expect MS to support something they pulled the plug on a good few years ago.
Just like dosbox is for games not business programs. if it works hey great but we aren't responsible if it all goes terribly wrong.
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For tier-1 laptop-manufactures usually there is an so called Windows XP OEM activation. BIOS of their laptops usually contents a special brand string.
So you just need to get a Windows XP distribution for the brand of your laptop and install. No activation will be needed.
Also there is software utilities (they are maybe illegal) that make OEM version and OEM activation of already installed retail version of Windows XP.
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