Re: WinXP Re-Activation Problem

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From: Quasi (alias5772MY_at_SOCKSverizon.net)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 04:49:31 GMT

Thanks, Alex... Tried your suggestions, still same screen: nice blue
background with the keys, but no text! : (

Alex Nichol <alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote in
news:4ubec0541512b0gpi4i5lf05n0ava9iacf@4ax.com:

> Quasi wrote:
>
>>I'm having the same problem, I added some memory and XP wants me to
>>re- activate. Fine with me, except the activation screen is just a
>>nice blue background without any text!! I've followed the suggestions
>>in Q314935, up to the point of repairing the XP installation, with no
>>luck. I would like to avoid re-installing.
>
> It may well be that the two dll files have become unregistered (there
> are some third party programs do this on install).
>
> Start - Run the two lines
> regsvr32 licdll.dll
> regsvr32 regwizc.dll
>
> and try again
> BTW Adding Memory would only cause a need to re-activate if you have
> already done several other hardware changes so that this one pushed
> things over the edge
>
> 

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