Re: Activate XP fails (Out of Box Experience) - catch 22
- From: Eric Powell <EricPowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:03:10 -0800
Started up into safe mode with networking
Logged on when asked
It said 'not activated - activate now?' I said yes.
It shutdown and powered the computer off about two seconds later.
Upon reboot it still wants to be activated, and it still won't do it in
exactly the same way.
--eric
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Eric Powell
epic&at&pobox.com
EPIC Consulting
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"R. McCarty" wrote:
Try using Safe Mode with Networking to perform a Internet activation..
"Eric Powell" <EricPowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:90B580AE-C445-4942-A6CD-A04B14B505ED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm having the same or similar problem:
Changed Mainboard due to hardware failure. Windows says hardware changed,
need to re-activate. I say ok go for it.
On first time (during startup/logon) it gives msoobe.exe at 0x7726381c
referenced 0x00000000 and the memory can't be written.
If I try to Activate during windows, Activation program will not start and
fails with Microsoft Out of Box Experience has encountered a problem ...
msoobe.exe offset 0000381c
Windows XP Pro OEM. System was built 6 mos ago, MB failed and was
replaced
with a different board. Did a Repair Install during startup process.
Everything else with windows and applications seems ok. It just wants to
activate and can't. WGA fails also because it isn't activated.
On the web I saw many references to a problem with IE7. Remove it and
this
problem goes away. The problem is that I believe that IE7 was installed
on
this system before Windows Repair Install, now there is no trace of it,
and I
cann't reinstall/uninstall it because it requires WGA which requires
activation, but I can't activate because IE7 is installed (at least
partially) and I can't uninstall (it isn't in the list) and I can't
install
and ad infinitum.
Microsoft support says they can't support OEM copy, the manufacturer must
support, and since I'm the manufacturer, then I'm stuck.
Any Ideas?
--eric
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Eric Powell
epic&at&pobox.com
EPIC Consulting
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"tcarp" wrote:
1. Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation:
Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll
2. Launch activation manually. Use Start - Run and enter:
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
Had tried this before. Still crashes.
3. If it still crashes, look in Event Viewer (right-click My ComputerPretty vague error report. Type error, category none, file faultrep.dll
and select Manage) for an error or warning event with a matching date
and time stamp.
Tom
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