Re: Windows product activation notice.
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 11/29/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:34:28 +0000
dan wrote:
>Wish I could contact the microsoft people direct, but couldn't find a vehicle
>to do so.
>Any way, I bought a new computer 24 days ago. The first day used it I was
>reminded by a "pop up balloon" to activate my new windows! I have been trying
>every day for 24 days and I get the same message. "Windows is already
>activated, Click OK to exit."
Who did you buy it from? This sounds to me suspiciously like someone
has done a hack to evade activation. Many name machines are activated
through a different mechanism, locking to the BIOS, but then this
message should not appear at all. What you can do is force it to be
definitely not activated and then do the activation yourself; but if it
*has* been hacked that might have risks. However, the method is to run
regedit.exe. open to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\
CurrentVersion\WPAEvents
and in the right pane double click OOBETimer and very carefully change
just the first byte.
Then rename the file windows\system32\wpa.dbl get on the net and go to
Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Activate Windows
and Activate on the Internet (which takes 20 seconds or so)
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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