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system spat the dummy due to the number having been already activated count as technical support, as, according to past MS announcements, XP is no longer receiving free technical support and no warranty claims are allowed now.

As to your questions, the answers are No and No, but I take no bets on them keeping the activation process for XP active. Past activation systems didn't require on-line activation, in fact the early copies of XP didn't either.