Devildo Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hi all.I was wondering if anyone knows the answer to this ?A friend is living on the Canary Islands and his xp has failed validation,due to the product not licensed for that region!He took the pc over there and it was running fine in the uk.Is validation checked by i.p.address as well as all the other factors it checks?Bit worrying if that is the case!Devildo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grabben Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Not sure how activation works but taking it to another country should work just fine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Activation/Registration... What exactly do you call "validation" ?Windows XP needs to be activated only once, then it's done, until you make "some" hardware changes or reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Activation/Registration... What exactly do you call "validation" ?Windows XP needs to be activated only once, then it's done, until you make "some" hardware changes or reinstall.Validation, aka whatever the WGA does. Or sometimes when you need to download something from Microsoft, you have to validate first before the website will let you save the file. I am guessing this is what he means.I am wondering if the Canary Islands are one of those places that are designated as N or Starter only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) I am not sure if I get the full meaning of this, does it somehow mean that if I have a laptop and bring it on holidays in some other State/Region MS could limit the thingies I can get from their site depending on the place where I am connecting from (as opposed to the actual region where I bought a license for the OS or the actual Licnse itself)? @TripredacusCanary Islands are to all effects Spain, and EU, at least from an administrative/legal point of view.Where can one find "N" or "Starter" zones listed (whatever they are)?jaclaz Edited February 25, 2010 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Ok, so maybe it was activated but WGA failed. In which case it has nothing to do with the original description ("due to the product not licensed for that region") ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Where can one find "N" or "Starter" zones listed (whatever they are)?jaclazI tried to research before making the post. I'm sure it on the Partner network someplace but there's something wrong with my account so I couldn't check.Edit: actually, I forget this is in XP forum. I don't even know if XP has N or Starter versions. Before my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Your friend is possibly using an outdated KB905474. Updating it may solve the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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