Windows reactivation?

[George]

A screen has been coming up for the last couple days
saying I need to reactivate Windows before 3 days pass.
I'm now down to one day. I'm not sure why I need to
reactivate. Can anyone help?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi George,

Do you need to reactivate? If so, do it from start/all
programs/accessories/system tools/activate

Otherwise, if something corrupted your activation, start/run regsvr32
regwizc.dll
Then start/run regsvr32 licdll.dll

If this doesn't help try these steps:

Start the computer in Safe mode by hitting F8 at bootup. Start/run regedit.
Delete the following keys:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers

Exit the registry editor, restart normally.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[sipper]

Just go ahead and do it. It will either be automatic or
you may be asked to make a toll free call. It's a little
pain in the rear but not all that bad. Better get movin'.
sip