dead ..well i went from 98 to xp ..have it on both machines ..old pent400
an my i3 machine..i will have to upgrade ..my xp discs wont install any more ..microsoft thinks ive used it enuff ...yes i did buy it ...when i went to activate it got a message that the software has been used to much basically ..an i cant activate it again ..prob stick with xp..just use a cracked copy ..
in my opinion its wrong to disable software that u have paid for an use ..then again its microsoft ..what choice do i have..
Not saying that this isn't a pain in the arse, but I'm pretty sure you can call Microsoft in these instances and get it reactivated.