I recently installed Windows XP. When it installed, it allowed me to set the current time and date, which I did. Two reboots later, it had reset the time and date to midnight, January 1, 2000. Without thinking, I changed the time and date to make it correct. When I did so, Windows informed me that my evaluation period had expired and that I had to activate the software. I closed out of the activation box and Windows did not object to me continuing to operate the computer until I rebooted. Once I rebooted, it required me to activate the product (which I had to do by phone because my modem was not yet installed). Has this happened to anyone else? Incidentally, my time and date have been correct since then.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 7, 2001 at 8:28 pm #556854if you would take the time to learn about it you would know it’s only an issue with unactivated versions.
i was on a business trip recently and had no problems with xp when i changed my time zones – i did have an awful time with outlook appt and next time will just use a secondary time zone in outlook and leave the system time alone. The hassle was not worth it.
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 18, 2002 at 1:24 pm #564632had exactly the same problem. i changed the date in the activation period, because i use a software, which checks by installaton-date, if you can install the service pack–or not. when i restarted xp i was locked out. this of course happened on weekend. online activation did not work and the posted phone number–and some other numbers, i tried–did not work. so i decided to reinstall xp from the scratch:-(((
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