How to check if Windows XP OEM is activated?

Question

Windows

It is possible to buy cheap licensed WinXP Home\Pro OEM. The seller has several licenses, some say he activated which ones he naturally does not remember. How to check if the WinXP OEM license is activated?

Answer 1

I don't think you can do anything. Valid keys can also be pulled from the Internet, but in the case of OEM, documents for the purchase of the iron itself are also needed to prove legality, since only the “assembler” has the right to glue such stickers. Those. such keys will help you solve only the problem of activating Shindos, but obtaining a license to use it.

Answer 2

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe /a

Answer 3

Until the moment you try to activate via the Internet - if you only call the activation service, and then it is very unlikely. But personally, I have never had a problem with re-activation (more than 3 times) of oem licenses, if it is not activated via the Internet, then you can activate it by phone without any problems. Moreover, even in those cases when automatic activation by phone does not work, communication with the operator helps.