An unusual outcome, seeing people in the past have had to speak to customer service or not been able to reactivate. I had to trash my Bootcamp Windows (which had been activated) and decided to go with Parallels only. I ran into the activation issue when i went to activate the 1st version of Parallels (on my username). So I followed the instructions that Windows pops up re calling Microsoft. The wonderful thing is when you ring the 1800 number here in Australia you don't talk to anyone or have to explain a thing. I chose "activation of XP, etc" and also the option which states "have taken it off the old computer and ready for the new" or similar (well, i did !!). You then give the product key the activation window spews out, then it will give you a new product key (in groups of 5) to enter, then once you do that it will allow you continue with Windows activated ! Have done that twice (once for me, once for my 2nd user who has a mirror image of my original setup now customised to his needs). No names, no addresses, no phone numbers, no explanations !!! YAY ! BTW, I couldn't clone - when I did it, it kept giving me errors about the file being locked out or file corrupted, what's easier than doing a straight copy then putting it into the 2nd user's folders then just customise it ?
