A little icon in the systray will keep reminding you ). Naturally the new installation of Windows will have to be re-activated. Even though regular defragmentation and system cleaning has been performed, such usage leaves its tracks. This means, not only was it an update from a Home to a Professional version, but the update had to deal with a system that has been targeted with a myriad of programm installations and deinstallations. The setup wasn’t a freshly installed Windows – I updated to XP Pro (w/ SP3) on a system that has been running Windows Home with SP2 for 6 years. But whenever I tried to access the activation window in order to activate within the first 30 days, nothing really happened. The symptoms are quite simple: I was trying to activate a (legally bought) copy of Windows XP Professional with SP3. However, this is so absurd that I’m dedicating a blog entry. I guess this is a rare issue – and considering that we’re approaching Windows 8 will make it even rarer.
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