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Guest
Installation: XP home, SP2 installed over top.
In trying to simplify a network issue, I disabled the cat5 network card, and
Lo,
I can no longer login until I re-activate.
Fair enough.
I recalled the first activation going smoothly.
But alas, the activation screen refused to continue.
I am shown 3 choices of methods of activation,
a button that displays a statement,
and a button marked NEXT.
I am supposed to read said statement, press BACK, then press NEXT.
Regrettably, at no time does either pressing BACK or NEXT or any combination
thereof, produce any results.
Both buttons can obtain the dotted outline, both buttons depress when
clicked, but Absolutely Nothing happens.
In safe mode, everything works except for network functionality.
It can't be a network issue, since selecting the telephone option also
produces...
Absolutely Nothing.
Just the same screen sitting there, pretending I didn't click a thing.
I can close the window no problem, but that just kicks me back to the login
screen.
Ran through all the knowledge base, but no solutions.
According to the SP2 documention, don't I get a short grace period before
being Forced to re-activate?
Being in the middle of hardware readjustment and tweaking, I found this
incredibly disruptive, particularly since the retarded thing won't even LET
me re-activate.
In trying to simplify a network issue, I disabled the cat5 network card, and
Lo,
I can no longer login until I re-activate.
Fair enough.
I recalled the first activation going smoothly.
But alas, the activation screen refused to continue.
I am shown 3 choices of methods of activation,
a button that displays a statement,
and a button marked NEXT.
I am supposed to read said statement, press BACK, then press NEXT.
Regrettably, at no time does either pressing BACK or NEXT or any combination
thereof, produce any results.
Both buttons can obtain the dotted outline, both buttons depress when
clicked, but Absolutely Nothing happens.
In safe mode, everything works except for network functionality.
It can't be a network issue, since selecting the telephone option also
produces...
Absolutely Nothing.
Just the same screen sitting there, pretending I didn't click a thing.
I can close the window no problem, but that just kicks me back to the login
screen.
Ran through all the knowledge base, but no solutions.
According to the SP2 documention, don't I get a short grace period before
being Forced to re-activate?
Being in the middle of hardware readjustment and tweaking, I found this
incredibly disruptive, particularly since the retarded thing won't even LET
me re-activate.