WPA Anomoly

[John R Clark]

Hello!

I recently built a new computer and decided to put WinXP on it.
Since this was my first attempt a building a computer, I decided to postpone
XP activation until I was happy with the stability of the new computer.
After determining that everything was stable, I decided that the final
hardware change before activation would be to move the installation to
a larger/faster HD. I used DriveCopy to move the installation to the new drive.

I can boot up and login just fine, but then I am hit with a WPA error
0x80090006 and am immediately logged out. I have deja'ed this issue to death,
so I have some idea of of what is going on and what needs to be done to fix it.

But:

Why is WPA tracking my hardware changes if I have NEVER activated the installation?

Shouldn't I be able to swap hardware to my hearts content if the installation has
NEVER been activated?

Is reinstalling/repairing the installation the only way to fix this problem, or is
there an easier way (deleting wpa.dbl)?

TIA,

John

 

[Byte]

JSI Tip 6855. After you replace the Windows XP disk drive
and restore, and get error Code #0x80090006

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBN/tip6800/rh6855.htm

-----Original Message-----
Hello!

I recently built a new computer and decided to put WinXP on it.
Since this was my first attempt a building a computer, I decided to postpone
XP activation until I was happy with the stability of the new computer.
After determining that everything was stable, I decided that the final
hardware change before activation would be to move the installation to
a larger/faster HD. I used DriveCopy to move the installation to the new drive.

I can boot up and login just fine, but then I am hit with a WPA error
0x80090006 and am immediately logged out. I have deja'ed this issue to death,
so I have some idea of of what is going on and what needs to be done to fix it.

But:

Why is WPA tracking my hardware changes if I have NEVER activated the installation?

Shouldn't I be able to swap hardware to my hearts

content if the installation has

 

[Alex Nichol]

Why is WPA tracking my hardware changes if I have NEVER activated the installation?

I don't know - but suspect that this is a situation that had not been
envisaged, and that two aspects of the matter are getting at cross
purposes.

Shouldn't I be able to swap hardware to my hearts content if the installation has
NEVER been activated?

One would think so, but it sounds to me as if the 'check hardware hash'
at boot is already running, and when it goes to assess the file to see
if the hash has changed unacceptably it is running into there being no
activation confirmation there.

Is reinstalling/repairing the installation the only way to fix this problem, or is
there an easier way (deleting wpa.dbl)?

Repair reinstall should do it. You might though usefully first try
deleting wpa.dbl *and* wpa.bak from windows\system32. But if it has got
into a state of only permitting boot to Safe Mode, then this will
probably not work.

But the *easiest* would be to go ahead and activate using the 'phone in'
method. That involves a few minutes on a toll free number that will be
given, where you read out a 50 digit number and check back, then are
given a 42 digit one to type in

And the article that was posted is misleading - such a level of change
should not generate a need to activate in the ordinary way (see
www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm)