win xp activation question

[BKR]

My dad recently purchased an upgrade copy of windows xp and installed it. He needs to activate it within the allotted time. His cable internet goes through a gateway computer with a direct nic to nic connection using a crossover cable. When he attempts to activate windows it asks if he wants to do it normally or through a proxy server? My question is which way should he go about doing this?

 

[zigCorsair]

not exactly sure of the setup, or the activation procedure, BUT, if you have internet access, then "normally" should work.

 

[Bartokomus]

the crossover should have no affect; if you have connectivity, XP(or your OS) has no preferences. the functionality is at the physical layer of the network. If you can ping an external address(say yahoo.com) you're fine.

 

[BKR]

Ok so under the option you would just choose to activate it the default way and not through the proxy server is this correct?