Re: I Need Serious HELP!!!!

From: NoNoBadDog! (mypants_bjsledgeATpixi.com)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:57:35 -1000

If you did not activate windows within the 30 day period, you are locked out
of it permanently.

Do yourself a favor and never let that "friend" near your computer again.

You might try booting from the new disc and trying a Repair installation,
but I am not sure if this will work on a non-activated install, as I have
never tried.

Bobby

"amethyst_Ice" <amethyst_Ice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3944938-0667-4C9A-9073-DD5D7287C949@microsoft.com...
>I have WINXP Home Edition installed on my PC. My O.S.was upgraded from
> WindowsME to WINXP H.E. about a month ago. WINXP was never Activated, my
> friend who installed it, never found the Product Key,so it is unregistered
> also. I went to get online last night, & there was the Activation Window
> asking me if I wanted to Activate, I clicked, No remind me later, &
> clicked
> Next,it just logged me off. The only way I could get online was by
> clicking
> on visit the: Microsoft Activation Assistance Web Site. I have my Welcome
> window,but I can't go any further!! I need someone to tell me,HOW & What I
> have to do to back-up, save,copy to disk,whatever it is I need to do,so I
> can
> uninstall it & install the one I just bought!! THE one that has the
> Product
> Key & Disk. I know I'm asking alot from someone but I really don't know
> what
> to do,how to do it, or where to start!!!! My friend left me hanging, he's
> not
> to be found, & he's the only one I know,that knows how to do this kind of
> stuff.So" PLEASE" will someone help me??????

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