Unlike many who are using the cracked vs. of winxp, I actually purchased Windows XP Professional. I\'ve installed it on one of my machines at home w/ no problems. The issue is that I\'d also like to install it on my other two machines on my home network. Unfortunately, I activated it on the first machine and now can\'t get another activation code. I even called Microsoft to try and get another and was told I\'d need to purchase an additional liscense for $269.00 or another copy of the OS.....neither of which are options I\'d really like to have to consider. I understand that this is all stated in their user agreement contract, but is there any way around this? I tend to update and build new machines every 3 or 4 months and I now find that I have an OS that I can\'t use again. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get past this or crack the activation? I\'ve seen quite a few commentaries on how to crack the beta vs. or the cracked iso images, but I\'m looking for info on the final 2600 vs. of WinXP Pro. Any comments would be appreciated.........