Product Activation error in Event Viewer

[Terry Pinnell]

In Event Viewer I'm seeing several occurrences daily of Error 1005,
with the message:
"Your Windows product has not been activated with Microsoft yet.
Please use the Product Activation Wizard within 30 days."

But I've been activated for years. On using Start|All Programs|System
Tools|Activate Windows I get the message:
"Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit."

Still makes me a bit nervous, so anyone have any idea what may be
causing the Event Viewer 'Error' please, and how to prevent it?

Posted similar query in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general 4 days
ago, so far with no solution.

 

[Guest]

Why not click on the url enclosed with them,this opens knowlege base-help/
support in xp,usually with a fix.

 

[Ron Martell]

In Event Viewer I'm seeing several occurrences daily of Error 1005,
with the message:
"Your Windows product has not been activated with Microsoft yet.
Please use the Product Activation Wizard within 30 days."

But I've been activated for years. On using Start|All Programs|System
Tools|Activate Windows I get the message:
"Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit."

Still makes me a bit nervous, so anyone have any idea what may be
causing the Event Viewer 'Error' please, and how to prevent it?

Posted similar query in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general 4 days
ago, so far with no solution.

Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation:

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll


If that doesn't work then you can force the computer to do a
reactivation by renaming the activation control files wpa.bak and
wpa.dbl in the \Windows\System32 folder and then rebooting. This
should repeat should result in a reactivation requirement on the
reboot and that should repeat should fix the problem.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation:

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll


If that doesn't work then you can force the computer to do a
reactivation by renaming the activation control files wpa.bak and
wpa.dbl in the \Windows\System32 folder and then rebooting. This
should repeat should result in a reactivation requirement on the
reboot and that should repeat should fix the problem.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

Thanks Ron, I'll try that in the morning.