Easier way. DON'T do the e-mail activation. Thats crap. Do the PHONE activation. Call them up to get it activated. They will notice it has already been activated X times but all you have to say is that your computer crashed and I need to reinstall Windows XP. Thats what I did, I am using my friend's Win XP and called them to activate saying my comp crashed and boom, they gave me the code .