Am curious to know why XP Pro crashed and reinstall the will does not activate

Have a system that ran XP Pro for a couple of years without problem. Software and license (product key) was purchased online, downloaded and burned to CD. Once installed, OS signals like SP3 XP Pro Version 2002. First installation and activation years was fine. Reinstalling/reactivating later a year later due to a failure of the drive was fine. System had presented a Genuine Advantage test and been patched now with no problems. Last week we had errors saying the OS was not authentic and we could be a victim of a counterfeit. System crashed and when restarting it gets to the login screen, but if the connection is attempted the desktop and in a minute or 2 the system restarts and goes in a loop of reboot, never load the new OS. Start in safe mode gets through the initial steps, but after the start of files loading the system restarts and loops. No configuration of the software/hardware/don't change in recent months and no unusual entry in case do not connect up to 2 days before the accident. No indication of hardware problem and no cases of virus or malware of MS Security Essentials. I tried repair OS, no help. Now have wiped the hard drive and tried to reinstall the operating system (computer, no change) and it will reinstall correctly by using the original product key, but will not activate. Reports as not a valid product key. Activation of the phone I tried and it will activate not there either; reports as invalid product. Considered we could have actually gotten pirated OS, but I'm puzzled why, if the software was fake, the system would work very well for if long including product activation earlier and passes test Genuine Advantage, then suddenly crash, cause errors 'potential infringement' and do not allow for reactivation. Thought at some point, the system has had virus/malware issue, but this does not explain why the relocation after the failure of the drive fails to activate. System critical to the needs of companies and has been replaced so no urgency to correct but I'm very curious to know what might happen. Comments or suggestions would be welcome. Thank you!!

I checked the key used, and here's the information that my tool tells me about the key:
(1) version of Windows XP Pro MSDN
(2) is blocked Activation (reason: abuse)
(3) no Validation blocked
(4) shows no sign that it is a basic time license (TBL)
(5) 31 attempts to activation
(6) 17 total Activations
(7) first activation on 2010-08-03
(7) last Activation successful 13/04/2010
(8) date of the first activation has been blocked 13/01/2011 (note: this is not necessarily the day, the block has been applied, just the first attempt of activation which is refused due to the block)

It is d ' attribute of strangeness between this key and "information" which include the Genuine Advantage you said.

First of all, it's a MSDN license which means that someone can not use the key unless you have an MSDN subscription.

Then, the key is blocked but not blocked Activation Validation.  It's unusual because usually, if an MSDN key is proved have been hacked (sold outside it's allowed) would be blocked the key activation and Validation.

In this particular case, it seems that the key has been blocked because of too many activations Activation (on computers with different hardware ID, which usually means different computers) in a short period of time.

As for the key being a limited time license, which makes no sense.
(1) I don't see that a MSDN key would be time limited.
(2) if the key has been blocked due to it having expired, then the reason for the block would be expired are not abusing.
(3) the key was first activated in March 2010 and the person you talked to said that the key expired a week (i.e. 2011) there. Limited time Licenses are generally used to try before you buy things and I don't know any license based on the time that a period of over one year (16 months to be exact).

I am convinced that the person that you talked to was wrong that this key was a limited time license.

My assessment of the information I have available suggests that the key was actually blocked in 2010 due to excessive activation in a short period of time.  I say this because, shows the history of activation:
(1) first activation in 08/03/2010
(2) last activation successful 13/04/2010
(3) 17 total Activations

This shows that the key has been used 17 times, on 16 different computers, in a little over a period of a month. This does not seem excessive. and strongly suggests that the key has been blocked for this reason, in April 2010. You just didn't notice the block until the end of 2011.

However, even if the current issue was caused probably by a number excessive activations (which can be fixed by asking that the key be unlocked) the real problem comes from the fact that the key is a licensed MSDN.  The permits required that any key from an MSDN subscription (what to do with all the MSDN keys) can be used by the owner of the MSDN subscription. If you do not have the MSDN subscription that come from this key, you are not allowed to use this key.

Thank you
Darin

Tags: Windows

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