Select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Activation. If online activation fails, first try the activation troubleshooting in Activate Windows 10. To activate Windows 10 using an internet connection:Īs Windows 10 will automatically activate if you are connected to the internet, you can confirm your activation status by selecting Start > Settings > Update & Security > Activation and looking under Windows.
Please attempt to activate using this method and if you're not able to complete activation successfully, you will be connected to Microsoft support for your region and country. You will get the option to activate your device over the phone. If you have problems activating online or don't have an internet connection, you can activate by phone. Follow the “ Activate using an Internet Connection” method below to attempt via the internet.Īutomated System & Live Support Advocate: To get the telephone number for activation support, follow the “Activate by Phone” method below. Online: When you begin activation, Windows will try to use your internet connection to activate online. There are three methods to which you can activate your product: Online via the internet, by telephone using our automated systems, and by a live support advocate. LessĪctivation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and hasn’t been used on more devices than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow. I've got other projects I'm working on, so I won't waste time on this, until I can be sure that I can actually activate Windows XP, when somebody on this form lets me know.Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 More. I don't want to waste anymore time trying to activate XP, so I'll let someone else test out the XP activation call center. If anybody here has recently attempted phone activation of Windows XP, let me know. I just hope that Microsoft is still running their XP activation call centers, where you read one code to the person at the call center, and they give you another code in response, that you then type in to activate XP. I bought that product, so I have the LEGAL RIGHT to use it! It seems that Microsoft loves screwing over its customers! They never said they'd stop providing activation. In the past, they stated that no longer supporting XP simply meant they would no longer provide updates.
However, there's nothing on Microsoft's website to state this. So it seems Microsoft has finally taken down their XP activation servers. It said it couldn't connect to the server. Or at least I tried to perform internet activation. After using IExplorer to test the internet connection, to make sure that my VM was configured properly for internet access, and turning off the software firewall on the host PC, as well as the hardware firewall in my router, I went and performed internet activation. I found an old XP Home Edition CD in a drawer, and installed it in a VirtualBox VM.
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