Can't register new Avast install on XP

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have just installed Avast on my XP system. When I try and register it says “the online content is unavailable. please check your internet connection and try again”. If I try and register via Settings>Registration then I simply get an endless turning wheel and then it disappears. I have registered via my web-browser - hence I am on this forum - but if I click on Sign In then I simply get an endless turning wheel. All of my internet stuff works completely fine, even Avast updates itself ok. Any solutions???

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Download and use the license file:
https://www.avast.com/resend-license-paid.php

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Thanks Eddy, but because I am not actually registered then Avast cannot re-send me a license because I don’t have one - because I can’t register on XP. When I said I had registered via my web-browser, that was just to become a registered user of the forum - it seems that doesn’t give me a license of any kind.
Any other ideas? Anyone?

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Indeed, registration on this webboard and registering avast are two different things.
What version of avast is it that you want to use ?

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its the free version i am pursuing at the moment, if that helps…

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https://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus.php

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great - yes this works!! thanks so much. :slight_smile:
What a shame so many XP issues are arising with new versions of software, esp since XP still has a massive user base (its still a great system).

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A massive user base doesn’t change the fact that XP is Old and unable to keep up with new technology. Time for a transplant. :slight_smile:

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And who is gonna give all those people a new system so they can run a new(er) OS ? ???

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You don’t need a new system you just need to upgrade to a new OS. :slight_smile:
All our old XP’s at the Senior Center are now happy running Windows 8.1 and will soon be running Windows 10.

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Tell that to all the people where even Windows 7 won’t install because the cpu doesn’t support SSE2 instructions and when the motherboard doesn’t support a cpu that can handle SSE2.

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Many computer that can’t run Eindows 7 have no problems running windows 8.
Eddy, I converted these computer from XP to 8 so I’m not basing it on something that I haven’t done.