Please can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.
I have win xp prof sp2 ver 2002 loaded on my computer.
I own the genuine cd and i have a genuine key,
My problem is this, my computer tells me that i have 3 days left to activate
windows so i say yes to the activation.
The computer logs on and goes through the activation process.
It then tells me that my activation has been successful.
Winxp continues to load and if i then click on " activate windows " via
system tools' it tells me that my product
has already been activated.
You would think i would be happy by now but here is the crunch.
if i shut the pc down and restart it then it goes through the same process
and again asks me if i want to acttivate my copy of windows.
I am going round and round in circles here.
I have been to the windows validation page and it confirms that my product
and key is valid.but no matter how many times i activate it it does the same
thing again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Maybe go to run,type:Msconfig Edit the start up index and services
tab,locate
the activation service,uncheck the box...

"Sundio" wrote:

> Please can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.
> I have win xp prof sp2 ver 2002 loaded on my computer.
> I own the genuine cd and i have a genuine key,
> My problem is this, my computer tells me that i have 3 days left to activate
> windows so i say yes to the activation.
> The computer logs on and goes through the activation process.
> It then tells me that my activation has been successful.
> Winxp continues to load and if i then click on " activate windows " via
> system tools' it tells me that my product
> has already been activated.
> You would think i would be happy by now but here is the crunch.
> if i shut the pc down and restart it then it goes through the same process
> and again asks me if i want to acttivate my copy of windows.
> I am going round and round in circles here.
> I have been to the windows validation page and it confirms that my product
> and key is valid.but no matter how many times i activate it it does the same
> thing again.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>
>
>

Try the following:

1. Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
2. Go to Start > Run and type: %systemroot%\system32
then press the Enter key.
3. Locate these two files: wpa.dbl and wpa.bak
4. Rename the wpa.dbl file to wpaold.dbl and wpa.bak to wpaold.bak
5. Reboot your computer into Normal mode.

This will force activation on the following boot, but should remove the
message that you are already activated message. Sometimes if these files
get corrupted, they can cause this type of problem.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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"Sundio" wrote:

| Please can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.
| I have win xp prof sp2 ver 2002 loaded on my computer.
| I own the genuine cd and i have a genuine key,
| My problem is this, my computer tells me that i have 3 days left to activate
| windows so i say yes to the activation.
| The computer logs on and goes through the activation process.
| It then tells me that my activation has been successful.
| Winxp continues to load and if i then click on " activate windows " via
| system tools' it tells me that my product
| has already been activated.
| You would think i would be happy by now but here is the crunch.
| if i shut the pc down and restart it then it goes through the same process
| and again asks me if i want to acttivate my copy of windows.
| I am going round and round in circles here.
| I have been to the windows validation page and it confirms that my product
| and key is valid.but no matter how many times i activate it it does the same
| thing again.
| Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks for the info,,
Tried to find the relevent info but there does not seem to be any file to
disable..



"Andrew E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:02E22A0E-0FB0-47AC-9A13-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Maybe go to run,type:Msconfig Edit the start up index and services
> tab,locate
> the activation service,uncheck the box...
>
> "Sundio" wrote:
>
>> Please can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.
>> I have win xp prof sp2 ver 2002 loaded on my computer.
>> I own the genuine cd and i have a genuine key,
>> My problem is this, my computer tells me that i have 3 days left to
>> activate
>> windows so i say yes to the activation.
>> The computer logs on and goes through the activation process.
>> It then tells me that my activation has been successful.
>> Winxp continues to load and if i then click on " activate windows " via
>> system tools' it tells me that my product
>> has already been activated.
>> You would think i would be happy by now but here is the crunch.
>> if i shut the pc down and restart it then it goes through the same
>> process
>> and again asks me if i want to acttivate my copy of windows.
>> I am going round and round in circles here.
>> I have been to the windows validation page and it confirms that my
>> product
>> and key is valid.but no matter how many times i activate it it does the
>> same
>> thing again.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>>
>>
>>

Thanks for that, did everything you said, logged on to activate it and then
rebooted,
You guessed it, back to the same problem.
I am just about ready to put my foot thru the screen,,
Thanks for the suggestions though



"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try the following:
>
> 1. Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
> 2. Go to Start > Run and type: %systemroot%\system32
> then press the Enter key.
> 3. Locate these two files: wpa.dbl and wpa.bak
> 4. Rename the wpa.dbl file to wpaold.dbl and wpa.bak to wpaold.bak
> 5. Reboot your computer into Normal mode.
>
> This will force activation on the following boot, but should remove the
> message that you are already activated message. Sometimes if these files
> get corrupted, they can cause this type of problem.
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
> http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Sundio" wrote:
>
> | Please can someone tell me what i am doing wrong.
> | I have win xp prof sp2 ver 2002 loaded on my computer.
> | I own the genuine cd and i have a genuine key,
> | My problem is this, my computer tells me that i have 3 days left to
> activate
> | windows so i say yes to the activation.
> | The computer logs on and goes through the activation process.
> | It then tells me that my activation has been successful.
> | Winxp continues to load and if i then click on " activate windows " via
> | system tools' it tells me that my product
> | has already been activated.
> | You would think i would be happy by now but here is the crunch.
> | if i shut the pc down and restart it then it goes through the same
> process
> | and again asks me if i want to acttivate my copy of windows.
> | I am going round and round in circles here.
> | I have been to the windows validation page and it confirms that my
> product
> | and key is valid.but no matter how many times i activate it it does the
> same
> | thing again.
> | Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>

Guided Help to remove the script that interferes with Windows activation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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"Sundio" wrote:

| Thanks for that, did everything you said, logged on to activate it and then
| rebooted,
| You guessed it, back to the same problem.
| I am just about ready to put my foot thru the screen,,
| Thanks for the suggestions though