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HP Desktop PCs - Windows 7, Vista, XP Product Activation

This certificate pertains to HP and Compaq desktop computers that came with Windows seven, Vista, or XP operating systems.

To help foreclose software piracy, Microsoft requires that Windows is activated before it can exist used as full-version software. There are ii methods for activating Windows: Windows Product Activation and System Locked Pre-installation.

Windows Product Activation (WPA) sends an installation ID number to Microsoft before Windows is verified and then activated. WPA involves ii numbers. One is an Installation ID (generated by entering a Windows product fundamental) that the computer owner submits to Microsoft. The second is a Confirmation ID, assigned by Microsoft, and is used to activate the operating arrangement's software. This method is used when upgrading or installing a new Windows edition from disc (not HP System Recovery).

System Locked Pre-installation (SLP) takes place at the manufacturing plant. No intervention is required to actuate the operating system software before initial use. With SLP-activated systems, most of the calculator's hardware can be replaced without needing to re-actuate the software through Microsoft.

Virtually HP computers employ System Locked Pre-installation to arrive easier to set up the estimator. Even so, if you decide to install a unlike Windows Edition on your computer, you will demand to activate the new version of Windows. There may besides exist situations when Windows prompts y'all for product activation fifty-fifty though the production has already been activated.

Your Windows version

To learn more well-nigh how to activate Windows, cull one of the following sections that applies to your version of Windows.

Windows vii product activation

The following windows are examples of messages that can open when Windows 7 is not activated.

These warnings open periodically until Windows is activated. If you actuate Windows 7, the letters end.

If you have upgraded your computer to Windows 7 and have not all the same entered a valid activation key, these messages are normal. Yous must enter a valid product key to go on using an upgraded version of Windows.

If you are getting these messages and your calculator came with Windows seven pre-installed, then Windows vii may need to exist activated again, or the organization needs to be recovered using HP System Recovery, which restores the operating system to its original manufactory condition.

To view activation status and actuate Windows, do the post-obit:

Connect to the Internet. If you cannot connect to the Internet at this time, you can activate by phone after or echo these steps when an Internet connection is available.
Click Beginning , right-click Calculator, and select Properties.
Scroll down on the Organisation Properties window to view the Windows activation status information.

To actuate Windows 7, go along post-obit these steps:
Click Change product key.

If yous desire to activate over the phone, click Activate Windows now, click See other ways to actuate, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Type the production central into the Product Cardinal field, click Next, and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete activation.
If production activation was successful, a success screen is shown and Windows 7 setup continues. You are washed.

Activate Windows 7 using System Recovery

If your computer came with Windows 7 installed, yous can employ System Recovery instead of activating Windows online or over the telephone. This restores Windows 7 to its original factory status, which is pre-activated by default.

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If yous have added any hardware or software, you must reinstall it afterward running Arrangement Recovery.

To perform an HP System Recovery, plow on the computer and immediately printing the F11 key repeatedly.

Activate Windows 7 after using System Recovery

After performing a Organisation Recovery, or re-installing Windows seven, information technology should not be necessary to repeat the activation procedure. In that location are several dissimilar recovery situations to consider.

If the figurer shipped with Windows vii and the Recovery Manager is functional, so utilize the Recovery Manager to restore the computer to its default factory conditions. Windows 7 is automatically activated.
If the reckoner shipped with Windows 7 merely the Recovery Manager is not functional, employ the Recovery disc to restore the computer to its default mill conditions. Windows vii is automatically activated.
If the figurer shipped with an earlier version of Windows but included an upgrade disc for Windows vii provided by HP, y'all should recover the computer back to its default manufacturing plant weather condition and so upgrade again to Windows vii. Windows 7 is automatically activated.
If the calculator shipped with an earlier version of Windows and you lot upgraded or custom-installed a full retail version of Windows 7, y'all should use the Microsoft DVD to re-install Windows seven. Windows 7 is automatically activated.
If the computer shipped with Windows vii and the Recovery Manager is not functional, just you have non created the recovery discs, y'all can order a Windows 7 Recovery DVD. It may be necessary to contact Microsoft to activate Windows 7.

Windows Vista production activation

You might exist prompted to activate Windows Vista.

Normally, activation in Windows Vista is done automatically on HP and Compaq Desktop computers, only some atmospheric condition (turning off the calculator during Windows setup, for example) can cause a Windows Activation bulletin to be displayed. When this happens, Windows Vista requires activation or a System Recovery.

If yous tin can nonetheless employ the Windows Vista desktop, click Showtime , right-click Estimator, and select Properties to view the status of Windows Activation. Scroll down on the System Properties window to view the status information.

If you tin still open Windows Vista, you might be able to download a software update that can resolve this issue. Apply Windows Update and HP Update to install all disquisitional updates from Microsoft and HP and then restart the computer. If computer Windows Activation screens still continue or you were not able to update your computer, the rest of this information tin can assistance you activate or recover your computer.

There are three ways to activate Windows Vista: by broadband connexion, by punch-up modem or by Automated Phone Organization (phonation). The first 2 methods require an Internet connection and the last method requires a voice phone to dial a cost-costless number. The Automatic Phone Organisation might take several minutes due to the number of digits that need to be entered. Use the post-obit steps to activate a estimator when the Windows Product Activation bulletin opens.

To actuate your computer:

Before starting, if yous have a broadband Internet connection, make sure the network cable is connected to the computer. If you lot accept a dial-upwardly modem Net connection, make sure a telephone line is connected to the modem connection on the computer.
From the Windows Activation window, click Type a different production key.
Enter the production cardinal number into the product fundamental field and and so click Side by side. This number tin can be found on a Document of Authenticity label adhered to the side of the computer's case.
If product activation was successful, a success screen is shown and Windows Vista setup continues. You are washed.

If online product activation failed, an "Actuate Windows Now" window opens.
Click Show me other means to actuate, and then click Next.

A "How do you want to activate Windows?" window opens.
If a modem is not connected, skip this footstep.

If a modem is connected, utilise the following sub-steps to actuate over the modem:
1. Brand certain the phone line is not in use, click Utilize my modem to connect directly to the activation service, and then click Next.
2. Select the most appropriate country/region from the drop-downwards list labeled Click the nearest location, and so click Next.
  
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  Do Not click Activate Windows Online at present.
  
  "Connecting to the activation service" is displayed, and the modem dials a number to actuate automatically.
3. If product activation was successful, a success screen is shown and Windows Vista setup continues. You are done.
  
  If product activation is not successful, y'all are returned to a previous screen. Repeat these steps using the automated phone system or perform a arrangement recovery.
To use the automated phone arrangement, click Utilize the automated phone system from the How do y'all desire to Actuate? window, and then click Side by side.
To find available phone numbers for activation, select a location nearly you lot from the drop-down menu, and then click Next.
If a phone is non near the reckoner, become paper and a pencil to write down the installation IDs and confirmation IDs.
Utilize a telephone to dial the number provided in the Activate Windows At present window.
Follow the instructions from the telephone system to enter the installation ID numbers and write downward the confirmation ID numbers.
Enter the confirmation ID numbers into the fields A through H, in the aforementioned sequence as the phone system provided them. When done, click Adjacent.

If product activation was successful, a success screen is shown and Windows Vista setup continues. Y'all are done.

Windows XP product activation

If you need to actuate an HP or Compaq computer that came with Windows XP, exercise the post-obit:

When you try to activate your reckoner online, using the product key, you are prompted to call the Microsoft Activation call center. The appropriate regional telephone number displays.
A Microsoft representative asks you for the Installation Identification Number (a number generated based on the Document of Authenticity (COA) key entered during setup or installation of XP) and the PC make.
If the Installation Identification Number matches one assigned to an HP product, the Microsoft representative should provide a Confirmation Identification Number that allows you to complete the activation process.

If product activation was successful, a success screen is shown and Windows XP setup continues. You are washed.

Helpful information

The post-obit is a listing of reasons why product activation might be necessary, and an caption of terms used during the activation procedure.

Reasons why Windows might need to be activated

The post-obit weather might cause an SLP-activated computer to require activation through Microsoft:

Upgrading Windows.
Completing an HP System Recovery later recovering from HP Recovery Discs.
Installing sure device drivers and software.
Uninstalling certain operating organization software or files.
Updating the BIOS or installing a new BIOS flash from a visitor other than HP.
Replacing the motherboard with ane that does not contain the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) version of the BIOS.

Windows Activation terms

Windows Product Activation (WPA) - Requires a person to unlock the computer before Windows tin exist used.
Organization Locked Pre-installation (SLP) - No personal intervention is unremarkably required to activate Windows.
Stop-User License Agreement (EULA) - The agreement that the user of Windows must accept in social club to use the Windows product.
Certificate of Authenticity (COA) - A proof of ownership identification method to assist prove that a product is not counterfeit or copied. Information technology could be in the form of a label that contains a bar code and product identification number.
Installation Identification Number - Generated based on the Certificate of Authenticity primal entered during Windows setup.
Confirmation Identification Number - Number that allows you to complete the activation procedure.

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