Re: Activate XP fails (Out of Box Experience) - catch 22

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The abrupt power off appears to be solely caused by the act of initiating
activation.

No, this problem did not exist on the prior, activated system. The problem
does not exist except in Safe Mode, when selecting Product Activation.

The power supply was upgraded along with the MB replacement. Voltages are
within limits. Current updates have been installed for all MB components.
--eric
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Eric Powell
epic&at&pobox.com
EPIC Consulting
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"R. McCarty" wrote:

These abrupt power offs - did they occur using the older hardware ?

I've never experienced a condition where activating caused a PC
shutoff. Since you changed the MB have you checked your voltage
rails to see if any are at/near the thresholds. Most MB BIOS has
a basic hardware monitoring function for temp/voltage.

At a minimum I'd download and install the appropriate/latest chipset
driver package for the new MB.

"Eric Powell" <EricPowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, cleaned up all of that while I was on hold with Microsoft for two
hours
waiting to be told to buzz off because Microsoft doesn't support Windows
XP
problems (if it's an OEM edition) for manufacturers.
--eric
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Eric Powell
epic&at&pobox.com
EPIC Consulting
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"R. McCarty" wrote:

Was an idea to try. I'm assuming you did a Repair install after the
MB swap. Have you gone through Device Manager and removed
any "Phantom" devices that may have carried over from the earlier
hardware profile ? Needs a System Environment variable added
and the "Show Hidden Devices" option enabled to view 100% of
the hardware profile.

"Eric Powell" <EricPowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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
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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
Computer
and select Manage) for an error or warning event with a matching
date
and time stamp.
Pretty vague error report. Type error, category none, file
faultrep.dll

Tom









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