My computer refuses to boot. It just comes up with this error:
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|A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license
for this computer. Error Code:| |0x80004005

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i don't have a backup copy of wpa.dbl and can't boot into Safe Mode to
use System Restore. I can only start up from my BartPE CD. The system
is currently connected to the Internet, but I don't have a install CD
or an i386 folder. Please help!

Sorry for the double post, but I just remembered: I have a copy of
wpa.dbl from another computer. Is it possible to use that copy instead
to startup?

NO. You can not backup or restore th XP license/activation files. You
would probabily need to do a repair reinstall on top of he installed
version in order for the license/activation files to be reset. Then,
it is just a matter of get the XP re-activated easily (by phone.)

However, you do need an installation CD of your XP and not a recovery
CD.


(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Sorry for the double post, but I just remembered: I have a copy of
> wpa.dbl from another computer. Is it possible to use that copy instead
> to startup?

smlunatick wrote:
> NO. You can not backup or restore th XP license/activation files. You
> would probabily need to do a repair reinstall on top of he installed
> version in order for the license/activation files to be reset. Then,
> it is just a matter of get the XP re-activated easily (by phone.)
>
> However, you do need an installation CD of your XP and not a recovery
> CD.
>
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > Sorry for the double post, but I just remembered: I have a copy of
> > wpa.dbl from another computer. Is it possible to use that copy instead
> > to startup?
But can you use an i386 folder to replace the activation files?
Microsoft's KB article 306081 says:
· expand licwmi.dl_ %systemroot%\system32
· expand regwizc.dl_ %systemroot%\system32
· expand licdll.dl_ %systemroot%\system32
· expand wpabaln.ex_ %systemroot%\system32
· expand wpa.db_ %systemroot%\system32
· expand actshell.ht_ %systemroot%\system32
· copy pidgen.dll %systemroot%\system32
I have those files on my computer at home.

"Error Code: 0x80004005” error message when you install Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306081

You may receive error code 0x80004005 or other error codes when you try to
start a Windows XP-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914232

[[ How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is
running Windows XP SP1 and later versions of Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874 ]]
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My computer refuses to boot. It just comes up with this error:
>
>> A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license
> for this computer. Error Code:| |0x80004005
>
> i don't have a backup copy of wpa.dbl and can't boot into Safe Mode to
> use System Restore. I can only start up from my BartPE CD. The system
> is currently connected to the Internet, but I don't have a install CD
> or an i386 folder. Please help!

PA Bear wrote:
> "Error Code: 0x80004005" error message when you install Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306081
>
> You may receive error code 0x80004005 or other error codes when you try to
> start a Windows XP-based computer:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914232
>
> [[ How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is
> running Windows XP SP1 and later versions of Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874 ]]
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > My computer refuses to boot. It just comes up with this error:
> >
> >> A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license
> > for this computer. Error Code:| |0x80004005
> >
> > i don't have a backup copy of wpa.dbl and can't boot into Safe Mode to
> > use System Restore. I can only start up from my BartPE CD. The system
> > is currently connected to the Internet, but I don't have a install CD
> > or an i386 folder. Please help!
Thanks for those articles, but as I said, I don't have an install CD,
so KB 306081 won't help.
KB 328874 probably won't help either, but you never know. I loaded KB
914232 in Firefox, and it refuses to let me see the page contents for
the 0x80004005 error. A problem?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
>> "Error Code: 0x80004005" error message when you install Windows XP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306081
>>
>> You may receive error code 0x80004005 or other error codes when you try
>> to
>> start a Windows XP-based computer:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914232
>>
>> [[ How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is
>> running Windows XP SP1 and later versions of Windows XP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874 ]]
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>
>>
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> My computer refuses to boot. It just comes up with this error:
>>>
>>>> A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license
>>> for this computer. Error Code:| |0x80004005
>>>
>>> i don't have a backup copy of wpa.dbl and can't boot into Safe Mode to
>>> use System Restore. I can only start up from my BartPE CD. The system
>>> is currently connected to the Internet, but I don't have a install CD
>>> or an i386 folder. Please help!
>
> Thanks for those articles, but as I said, I don't have an install CD,
> so KB 306081 won't help.
> KB 328874 probably won't help either, but you never know. I loaded KB
> 914232 in Firefox, and it refuses to let me see the page contents for
> the 0x80004005 error. A problem?

With 914232 open in FF, you can scroll down and read:

<QP>
Error code 0x80004005
This problem may occur if a file that the Windows Product Activation (WPA)
requires is damaged or missing. This behavior occurs if one or both of the
following conditions are true:

• A third-party backup utility or an antivirus program interferes with the
installation of Windows XP.
• A file that WPA requires is manually modified.
</QP>

Subjectively judging from a reply you made today to another thread in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support newsgroup*, I would hazard to
suspect that you lnow you have a pirated version of WinXP and have tried to
fudge a workaround to avoid WPA or WGA.

If this is not the case, I suggest you take the machine to a local shop.

*
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...cbddfe4665decf

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)