After login windows promts for Activation when already activated?

[Guest]

This is a strange one ... At login a windows pops up saying that windows has
to be activsated (although this Pc has be activated and running for 2
years!). When clicking on yes to activate now, a nother windows says 'already
activated'. On clicking on clicking ok it just returns to the login prompt!

Any ideas?

 

[Alex Nichol]

This is a strange one ... At login a windows pops up saying that windows has
to be activsated (although this Pc has be activated and running for 2
years!). When clicking on yes to activate now, a nother windows says 'already
activated'. On clicking on clicking ok it just returns to the login prompt!

This is a strange one that has come up recently; I suspect malware
activity. I don't know what it is that triggers that 'balloon
reminder', but the file is wpabaln.exe and I would try renaming that.
This is not easy, as it is protected by File Protection.

Find it in Windows\system32, r-click and rename
You will find a new copy returns in moments.

If you installed a Service pack look for it in
Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386
and rename that; then rename one that will have appeared now as a result
of step 1 in
windows\system32\dllcache
and finally the original one again. There will then be a warning dialog
saying it wants the CD, cancel, and say you are happy not to have it
around

 

[Guest]

Hi thanks for the feedback, this did not work however, I renamed the files in
all the directories that it appeared in but it made not difference. Please
note that at login after going through the Activation prompts and saying ok
to the one that says Already Activated, it returns me to the login prompt so
I can't actually get into windows. I had to make the files changes in
Recovery mode.

Can you think of any other way to solve this?

 

[Guest]

Alex, I don't know if it helps but I've just been told by my customer that
about a month ago they reinstalled windows XP. Perhaps the problem stems from
it having gone past the 30 days for activation?

I'd appreciate any help you can give me on this/

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Anytime you reinstall XP, you still need to activate it, even-though it was
originally activated. Now, you will need to do a repair reinstall on top of
the installed version and activate it.

 

[marcus523]

I just had this happen to me. it take me hours to reconfigure and
setup, so i would rather not. renaming wpabaln.exe worked for me, got
rid of the notice. but, what happens after my 30 days? since my system
says its activated, is it?