Re: Another XP Pro Activation situation ...
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/07/04
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:21:53 GMT
"maz1rude" <maz1rude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Last night, I checked my e-mail and did some web surfing. When I left my PC,
>it was still on and running a screen saver. This morning, when I returned to
>my PC, the screen was black, and the computer had shut down. There had been
>no power outage. My other computer, located right next to it, was still
>chugging away just fine. When I restarted, I eventually found myself at the
>Log in / Welcome screen. After I logged on, I was shown a message that my
>computer needed to be activated. Now, my copy of XP was activated over a
>year ago, and again in October when I had to replace a hard drive and
>reinstall XP Pro. So, for the last 10 or 11 months, that PC has been running
>just fine with no hardware changes. But this morning, I'm being told I need
>to reactivate. OK, so I try to reactivate, first over the internet, only XP
>cannot find my modem to dial (who knows why?). So I dial the toll free
>number and talk to the "fake person" - I read off the numbers that I was
>shown on the activation window and was promptly told that my copy of XP is
>not a valid copy. Now, I'm really furious, becuase I purchased XP pro (NOT
>an OEM) with this system in May 2003 and have used it on the same machine
>since then. Can someone tell me why I'm unable to activate my copy of XP
>pro? What can I do to get back up and running? I really prefer not to
>reformat the drive and start over - I would lose way too much data. Thanks
>for your help!
Try repairing the registration entries for the activation .DLL files
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
Another option would be to use System Restore to set the computer back
to a point yesterday when it was working properly.
Note that you can do both of the above from Safe Mode if a normal
startup won't work properly for you.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
-- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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