My "Activate Windows" icon is missing in the "System Tools" folder. What do
I do about it?

Don J

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Do you need to reactivate? If so there should be an icon in the tray to do
so.

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"Don J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My "Activate Windows" icon is missing in the "System Tools" folder. What
> do I do about it?
>
> Don J
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I've reinstalled Windows, so I guess I have to reactivate. But there is no
"Activate Windows" icon in the trey. I note that if I click the "Update
Windows" icon, I do go to the Windows website, but I hang on the "This
website..." screen and never get to the one with the two buttons.

Don J

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"Dave B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Do you need to reactivate? If so there should be an icon in the tray to do
> so.
>
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> "Don J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> My "Activate Windows" icon is missing in the "System Tools" folder. What
>> do I do about it?
>>
>> Don J
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"Don J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've reinstalled Windows, so I guess I have to reactivate. But there is
> no "Activate Windows" icon in the trey. I note that if I click the
> "Update Windows" icon, I do go to the Windows website, but I hang on the
> "This website..." screen and never get to the one with the two buttons.
>

Not necessarily. Did you reinstall a retail version, an OEM version or a
Volume Licensed version.

The retail version should require activation though you could have copied
the activation information from the previous install.

The OEM version may require activation, but probably doesn't.

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> "Dave B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Do you need to reactivate? If so there should be an icon in the tray to
>> do so.
>>
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>> Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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>> "Don J" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> My "Activate Windows" icon is missing in the "System Tools" folder.
>>> What do I do about it?
>>>
>>> Don J
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