Can i activate Windows XP online in 2024?

I have to agree. Why go through all of that hassle when we have a tool that will activate XP with a few clicks, no phone or internet required?
 
tekkaman said:
As I mentioned, MS is phasing out the option. Hiding it more and more. At the end of the day, here are ways to install all those old software without going through the hassle of calling MS at all. I don't understand the need to call MS. VLK software of that era don't connect to MS servers at all.

XP itself was always a hassle to activate online. Like you couldn't use a SP1 key to activate an SP2 disc without calling MS and hoping for the best. The disc and key had to match. You had to wait for a live representative to assist you. If you upgrade your system too much you could lose activation.

Either way if you like to waste time be my guest ;)
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I know. But I use the phone activation because it is legit. They did not hide it in Windows Vista and Windows 7, so I use the phone activation, XP too. But Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are a nightmare to activate by phone, because it never works.
 
The reality is that very soon there will be no way to legally activate XP forcing you to rely on other means.
 
WindowsUser101 said:
does that mean we will have to download pre-activated copies of xp?
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Here's the thing, if you don't want to deal with cracks or tools to activate XP or Office 2003-07 all you have to do is find an unmodified Pro VLK iso. Then type Pro key and presto! It doesn't require activation and it's not hacked in anyway. It doesn't connect to MS servers at all. I've used those for years. Microsoft won't come knocking on your door.

By the way the software ClippyBeer is talking about is ok too. All it does is mimic a real activation. MS most probably uses something like that to activate your software anyway.
 
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