Can't Activate WinXP online

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Douglas G. Cummins - 20 Jan 2007 03:32 GMT

I've installed VPC 7.0.2 with WinXP on a Mac OSX G5 (10.4.8, Dual
2.3GHz, 1GB DDR2 SDRAMPPC) and am trying to activate WinXP online. I
get an error saying that online registration is not available at this
time. I've enabled Shared Networking to use NAT to share the Mac's
TCP/IP connection. When trying IE, the default startup page
www.microsoft.com/mac/ can't load, but I'm able to load simpler pages
like google and use with no problem.

Any ideas to remedy or am I stuck activating via telephone? I'm not
interested in accessing the internet through VPC/Win after I've
activated WinXP, so this isn't all that important. But I'd like to be
able to do this with as little effort as possible.

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Michael Vilain - 20 Jan 2007 08:20 GMT

> I've installed VPC 7.0.2 with WinXP on a Mac OSX G5 (10.4.8, Dual
> 2.3GHz, 1GB DDR2 SDRAMPPC) and am trying to activate WinXP online. I
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> activated WinXP, so this isn't all that important. But I'd like to be
> able to do this with as little effort as possible.

Deinstall VPC and don't bother with it at all. That's the "little
effort as possible", but you made this a constraint.

Seriously, I found VPC 7.02 will only work with the networking set to
Virtual Switch. Try setting that in the PC Settings menu, then start XP.

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Paul Power - 23 Jan 2007 18:53 GMT

> In article <U2gsh.36240$Gr2.4...@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
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> DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...

This is an indication of a problem with MTU settings in Windows. To
confirm, I'll bet that you can browse the Internet but you cannot get
to www.microsoft.com Am I correct?

If so, follow the instructions in the link below to resolve the issue.
Don't forget to restart Windows when you have completed the changes in
the Registry.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917489/en-us

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Paul Power - 23 Jan 2007 18:54 GMT

> In article <U2gsh.36240$Gr2.4...@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
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> DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...

Or try this link if you can't get to the MS one:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107

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Can't Activate WinXP online