WPA Problems

[George]

I am only posting here because the Windows XP newsgroups
seem to be down.

I have Windows XP Home edition and whenever I try to
activate it, i go to Run -> %systemroot%\system32
\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
It seems to start loading up, but then nothing actually
comes up. If I remember correctly there was such a
problem with Windows 2000, so I thought os posting here.
I have tried changing resolution to 800*600 as this is
the lowest my driver will go. My drivers won't seem to
uninstall because every time I restart they reinstall
themselves (Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4400). Any help on fixing
this would be appreciated, because I only have 7 days
left to activate and the screen for WPA won't come up.

 

[David Bullock [MSFT]]

Hi George,
If XP has already been activated, msoobe.exe won't open (just as you
describe). This would also occur if you installed with select / volume
license media, or if you bought the machine from the hardware vendor with XP
already loaded (sometimes doesn't need to be activated when XP is
pre-installed by the hardware vendor).

If none of the above are true, the alternative to activating over the
Internet is to call 888.571.2048 and activate over the phone.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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[Ubik]

had the same problem with oobe not running and yes i got my xp when i
bought my .. so How does one go about changing their serial number ?