You must contact Microsoft with a few weeks after installation, or Windows XP will refuse to continue to work.
Activation is NOT Registration:
Activation : Based on the serial number of the hardware components (harddisk, motherboard, network card), a code is generated. Based on this code, a "Confirmation ID" is created for your system.
The purpose of Activation is to prevent a copy of Windows XP to be installed on multiple systems (and
Microsoft only gets paid for one license).
Follow the steps below for activating windows XP:
Click On START--> Click on Activate Windows.
