Windows XP re-activation message

[jupil]

I got a message when i start up my pc that i have to reactivate my
windows XP because i have too many changes on my pc between
my original activation and now.
????do i have to reactivate my windows or not?

[Schick]

Quite obviously yes, but that is the most rediculous thing I have ever heard of.

*points at Windows XP original release, no activation required*
*points at Windows XP Pro Corporate, no activation required*

[DABhand]

Since when did XP corp have no activation?

[Schick]

Since it was released.

[DABhand]

Hmm I wonder if that has to do with areas it was released in, I remember buying XP corp when it was first released and the OOBE activation it had. Perhaps different countries were luckier, such as the US.

[Schick]

Where the heck are you? I've got 3 legit copies of XP Corp (purchased in the US) and none of them have required activation.

[Goins001]

XP Corp you didn't have to activate, maybe your getting confused with putting in the CD key? For Home you had to, I remember this being a big thing people had a problem with when it came out. If you change out like three hardware devices you have to reactivate it. I'm not sure about Pro, I bought a copy from my school for like 15 bucks and I don't remember having to do that.

[Schick]

Normal XP Pro requires activation.

[DABhand]

I know what it was, I get sent out my own copies of Microsoft products cause I am an MSCE, so got the option to buy early, it could be I got it when before they decided to remove, but yeah the XP corp I had did require activation, got fed up with activating it all the time I changed the OOBE stuff in the registry to skip it after installation.