Re: Protected from my own computer

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:22:15 -0600

Master Thrasher wrote:
> In July, I built my own computer and put Windows XP Home on it and I
> activated it. Yesterday, my computer was having memory problems and it
> restarted but then it became stable. Today, the firewall crashed and I
> restarted the machine and now it's asking me to activate Windows. I
> went through MS DOS prompt to find there are still WPA files on my
> computer. What is going on here? I'm on my mom's computer and I don't
> think it's a virus cause my Norton is up to date. Can some one please
> help? Do I have to reformate it and put Windows 98 (because this
> activation thing is upseting me) on it?
>
> I bought Windows XP from newegg.com with the other computer
> components by the way.

So...
What happens when you activate it?

If you built it in July and activated it then, the 120 days have passed, you
should be able to activate over the Internet without issue. 

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