#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID INSTALL#
#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID REGISTRATION#
#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID SOFTWARE#
#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID PC#

If you said no, Windows XP activated and you never saw a data collection form. In RC1, when you activated online, it asked if you wanted to register as well, but there was no personal information data collection form immediately presented.

Under Beta 2, when you stepped through the activation process, you were also asked if you wanted to register, and were presented with a form to fill out the usual personal information.

#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID REGISTRATION#

There was a change between XP Beta 2 and RC1 in the user interface for registration and activation. Again, registration and transmission of personal information is completely optional.

#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID INSTALL#

We found it interesting that if you activate when you first install XP, and havenвЂ™t yet set up your Internet connection, a wizard helps you get set up before activating. If you choose the вЂњActivate Windows over the InternetвЂќ option, you are asked if you want to register as well. To activate online, you only need an Internet connection, and Windows XP does the rest. The Activation ID is a 42-digit number, contained in seven groups of six digits. This is done to minimize confusion with accents over the phone. Unlike your alphanumeric product ID, the Installation ID, and the resultant Activation ID are all numbers. Our rep, Mary, walked us through the activation in about 5 minutes, which included a few typos on both ends of the line, and making sure XP activated correctly.Дuring your call, you read the service rep your Installation ID (derived from analyzing your system configuration), which is a 50-digit number, organized in nine groupsвЂ“eight groups of six numbers, and a final two numbers. It took us about 4 minutes from the time it rang and gave us a recorded message, until we had a live person on the line. We called the customer service center the following morning at around 11:00 am EDT. We initially tried calling to activate XP at on a Monday night at 12:30 am, but found that the call-in hours are from 8am to 10pm EDT. However, doing phone activation can be somewhat inconvenient.

Once entered, you are off the hook with Microsoft. When you call the agent, you will be asked for the number and in return will be given a 42-digit activation ID number. When you activate by phone, you get a screen that displays your 50-digit Installation ID, and a toll free number. However, if you choose to register, then youвЂ™re willingly giving them information that is more detailed. Microsoft says they are using WPA to cut down on вЂњcasual copyingвЂќ of Windows, and not as a way to track its customers or their system configuration, but people are nevertheless skeptical of this statement. The only time it actually contacts Microsoft on the Internet is during activation. WPA does not call home (back to Microsoft) periodically.

#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID PC#

The most they can hope to glean from the Installation ID is that you might have a PC with a CPU, sound card, graphics card, SCSI adapter, CDROM drive, some memory (roughly), and an indicator of whether the system is dock-able.

#WIN XP INSTALLATION ID SOFTWARE#

The hardware information, while unique to your machine, does not give enough information to Microsoft for them to see what software or specific hardware you have installed on your computer. If you want to activate anonymously, just say вЂњnoвЂќ to registration. When you go through the activation process, whether by phone or Internet, you are asked if you want to register, but itвЂ™s optional, and has nothing to do with activating your copy of Windows XP. Unlike the other products mentioned here, Windows XP activation does not require you to divulge any personal information. Windows Product Activation is not registering.

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