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    I upgraded to a new hard drive (larger one) and i was trying to re install Windows xp pro on it along with all my files. Windows went through the setup successfully but when it came time to activate windows, i got a message saying "key is already in use, or has been used. How can i activate my windows without having to purchase a brand new copy since this copy is only a month old.

    I cannot activate the software, i have ran the mga diag and here are the results,

     

    Diagnostic Report (1.5.0723.1):
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    WGA Data-->
    Validation Status: Not Activated
    Detailed Status: N/A
    Windows Product Key: *****-*****-6PJW6-X28PP-VDMJB
    Windows Product Key Hash: 34tdKDCUDR7jeNuRl8PWeTLHSBw=
    Windows Product ID: 76487-019-2612566-22017
    Windows Product ID Type: 5
    Windows License Type: Retail
    Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro
    ID: d1b8c808-b50e-4bde-bc0a-f4093b431daf
    Is Admin: Yes
    AutoDial: No
    Registry: 0x0
    WGA Version: Registered, 1.5.723.1
    Signed By: Microsoft
    Product Name: N/A
    Architecture: N/A
    Build lab: N/A
    TTS Error: N/A
    Validation Diagnostic:
    Resolution Status: N/A

    Notifications Data-->
    Cached Result: N/A
    File Exists: No
    Version: N/A
    WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
    WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

    OGA Data-->
    Office Status: 109 N/A
    OGA Version: Failed to retrieve file version. - 0x80070002
    Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
    Office Diagnostics: FCEE394C-3175-80070002_B4D0AA8B-469-80070002

    Browser Data-->
    Proxy settings: N/A
    User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)
    Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
    Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
    Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
    Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
    Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
    Active scripting: Allowed
    Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

    File Scan Data-->

    Other data-->
    Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>d1b8c808-b50e-4bde-bc0a-f4093b431daf</UGUID><Version>1.5.0723.1</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-VDMJB</PKey><PID>76487-019-2612566-22017</PID><PIDType>5</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-1547161642-1580818891-1708537768</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>ECS                             </Manufacturer><Model>M925                            </Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.        </Manufacturer><Version>07.00T                          </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="3"/><Date>20010402000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>6A153E570184204F</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Central Standard Time(GMT-06:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/></MachineData>   <Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/></Office></Software></GenuineResults> 

     

    Thursday, February 8, 2007 8:52 PM

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    From what I can tell, it looks like you simply need to phone activate as for some reason or another, Activation thinks either:
    a) Your hardware has changed enough since the original activation to trigger a system change.
    b) You've activated more than a few times during the life of that product key.

    If that product key is only in use on that one PC and as it's a Retail license, phone activation should be painless and take under 5 minutes.

    Thursday, February 8, 2007 9:49 PM

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    From what I can tell, it looks like you simply need to phone activate as for some reason or another, Activation thinks either:
    a) Your hardware has changed enough since the original activation to trigger a system change.
    b) You've activated more than a few times during the life of that product key.

    If that product key is only in use on that one PC and as it's a Retail license, phone activation should be painless and take under 5 minutes.

    Thursday, February 8, 2007 9:49 PM
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    Thank you for the reply, i will try to activate by phone as this product key has only been used once a month ago when i bought the full version of Win XP Pro.
    Friday, February 9, 2007 12:41 PM