Re: XP Removal

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Login as an admin and try to activate. That should work.

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"Ray" <publicrayNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I have a XP Home system that is locked due to the product activation
> period having expired.
>
> The system has SP2 which means I cannot use the originals XP restore
> disk to replace the OS and start over.
>
> I tried reformatting by using a boot disk made in an XP PRO system
> with FDISK.
>
> FDISK doesn't work with XP.
>
> HELP
>
> Ray


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