Re: XP Activation Screen after successful activation
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 07:07:00 -0400
But if it was a cracked system, they will not be able to obtain a new
activation code. And by deleting the hack that bypassed it, they will not be
able to run the system normally either. The only solution if this is the
case is a repair installation with a valid prodcut key.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Ron Rector" <RonRector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B845F4DD-5868-408F-B579-040EE0CBA7D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Try booting to safe mode to see if any of these files exist. If they do
> delete them.
>
> Windows\reset5.dt1
> Windows\reset5.dt3
> Windows\Prefetch\RESET5.EXE-23A0DD0C.pf
> Windows\system32\reset5.dat
> Windows\system32\reset5.dll
> Windows\system32\reset5.exe
> Windows\system32\REGOBJ.DLL
> Windows\system32\resetservice.exe
> Windows\system32\srvany.exe
> Windows\system32\resetwpa.reg
> Windows\system32\resetwpa.LOG
>
> If it is true that these files exist and you have deleted them you will
> have
> to activate one more time. Most likely over the phone.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> jackp wrote:
>>
>> > After a normal boot, I enter password for an administrator account,
>> > password
>> > is successful. I am then presented with an error message that says
>> > 'Windows
>> > Product Activation This copy of Windows must be activated with
>> > Microsoft
>> > before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows?' Answering
>> > 'no'
>> > logs me off. Answering 'yes' brings up new dialog box. 'Windows
>> > Product
>> > Activation - Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.'
>> > Clicking OK
>> > then logs me off. How do I correct this problem? Windows XP will boot
>> > to
>> > safe mode successfully.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> Courtesy MVP Rick Rogers:
>>
>> Click start/run, type "regsvr32 regwizc.dll" (without the quotes) and
>> click "ok". Then do the same for "regsvr32 licdll.dll". You should get
>> a successful message for both and it should resolve the error message.
>> If not, then try these steps:
>>
>> Start the computer in Safe mode by hitting F8 at startup. Click
>> start/run, type regedit and click ok. Expand the branches in the left
>> pane by clicking the plus (+) signs to reach these keys:
>>
>> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
>> HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
>>
>> Click on the folder representing each key and delete them one at a time.
>> You may want to create a backup before doing so by clicking file/export
>> and saving a copy to the desktop. If there is a problem after deleting,
>> you can put the key back by double-clicking it. If there is no problem,
>> you can delete the key later. When finished, restart the system
>> normally after closing the registry editor.
>>
>> --
>> Rock
>> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>>
.
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