i installed XP. I activated it sucessfully. over the phone. When I click on
my user name, it says 'you need to activate'. I press ;activate now;. It
says it is already activated. I click my user name, it says I need to
activate, already activated, need to activate.. ETC ... HELP!

Try validating the OS @ microsoft,go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/val...displaylang=en

"Kirk Dobson" wrote:

> i installed XP. I activated it sucessfully. over the phone. When I click on
> my user name, it says 'you need to activate'. I press ;activate now;. It
> says it is already activated. I click my user name, it says I need to
> activate, already activated, need to activate.. ETC ... HELP!
>
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