XP Activation Screen after successful activation

G

Guest

After a normal boot, I enter password for an administrator account, password
is successful. I am then presented with an error message that says 'Windows
Product Activation This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft
before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows?' Answering 'no'
logs me off. Answering 'yes' brings up new dialog box. 'Windows Product
Activation - Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.' Clicking OK
then logs me off. How do I correct this problem? Windows XP will boot to
safe mode successfully.
Thanks.
 
G

Guest

wow thats a very new problem. I have only heard of it when people have
illegally cracked the program and even then this is weird

The best way to fix this is by repairing Windows

THE REPAIR CONSOLE

This method will reinstall Windows XP, and delete all drivers and windows
updates, BUT IT WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PROGRAMS OR FILES!

To use it you need to insert your Windows XP CD, and then restart your
computer. Then when the boot screen comes up, click ‘boot from cd’ and once
the XP cd has loaded, select the repair console.

Here are some websites that describe the process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US/ Please not this is very detailed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm this is quite a good
step by step guide which I recommend printing off and looking at while doing
your first repair

Do not worry. Repairs are very easy, but afterwards you will need to
reinstall drivers, and run Windows Update.

I hope that helps

Cheers

Quintin
 
T

T. Waters

This loop can occur when an OEM copy of XP is installed on a computer other
than the one it was sold on. Is the XP a recent install?
 
R

Rock

jackp said:
After a normal boot, I enter password for an administrator account, password
is successful. I am then presented with an error message that says 'Windows
Product Activation This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft
before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows?' Answering 'no'
logs me off. Answering 'yes' brings up new dialog box. 'Windows Product
Activation - Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.' Clicking OK
then logs me off. How do I correct this problem? Windows XP will boot to
safe mode successfully.
Thanks.

Courtesy MVP Rick Rogers:

Click start/run, type "regsvr32 regwizc.dll" (without the quotes) and
click "ok". Then do the same for "regsvr32 licdll.dll". You should get
a successful message for both and it should resolve the error message.
If not, then try these steps:

Start the computer in Safe mode by hitting F8 at startup. Click
start/run, type regedit and click ok. Expand the branches in the left
pane by clicking the plus (+) signs to reach these keys:

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

Click on the folder representing each key and delete them one at a time.
You may want to create a backup before doing so by clicking file/export
and saving a copy to the desktop. If there is a problem after deleting,
you can put the key back by double-clicking it. If there is no problem,
you can delete the key later. When finished, restart the system
normally after closing the registry editor.
 
K

kurttrail

Quintin said:
wow thats a very new problem. I have only heard of it when people have
illegally cracked the program and even then this is weird

Not for those of us that have seen many PA problems over the years.
The best way to fix this is by repairing Windows

THE REPAIR CONSOLE
LOL!


This method will reinstall Windows XP, and delete all drivers and
windows updates, BUT IT WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PROGRAMS OR FILES!

The "REPAIR CONSOLE" does no such thing.
To use it you need to insert your Windows XP CD, and then restart your
computer. Then when the boot screen comes up, click 'boot from cd'
and once the XP cd has loaded, select the repair console.

Here are some websites that describe the process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US/

Yeah, that describes the console, but it is not used to to do a "repair
install."
Please not this is very
detailed http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm this
is quite a good step by step guide which I recommend printing off and
looking at while doing your first repair

There are a few things the OP should try first, before doing a "repair
install.

Here's one:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...dowsxp.general&rnum=10&hl=en#915cda5ac782ecd7
Do not worry. Repairs are very easy, but afterwards you will need to
reinstall drivers, and run Windows Update.

Um, just shut up, and leave answering questions around here to people
that aren't as full of sh*t as you are.

I hope that helps

Cheers

Quintin


Dropped the wannabe MVP line, I see. What's the matter, little boy,
took to much ribbing over it?!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
 
G

Guest

Try booting to safe mode to see if any of these files exist. If they do
delete them.

Windows\reset5.dt1
Windows\reset5.dt3
Windows\Prefetch\RESET5.EXE-23A0DD0C.pf
Windows\system32\reset5.dat
Windows\system32\reset5.dll
Windows\system32\reset5.exe
Windows\system32\REGOBJ.DLL
Windows\system32\resetservice.exe
Windows\system32\srvany.exe
Windows\system32\resetwpa.reg
Windows\system32\resetwpa.LOG

If it is true that these files exist and you have deleted them you will have
to activate one more time. Most likely over the phone.

Good luck!!
 
D

DevilsPGD

In message <[email protected]> "Ron
Rector said:
Try booting to safe mode to see if any of these files exist. If they do
delete them.

Windows\reset5.dt1
Windows\reset5.dt3
Windows\Prefetch\RESET5.EXE-23A0DD0C.pf
Windows\system32\reset5.dat
Windows\system32\reset5.dll
Windows\system32\reset5.exe
Windows\system32\REGOBJ.DLL
Windows\system32\resetservice.exe
Windows\system32\srvany.exe
Windows\system32\resetwpa.reg
Windows\system32\resetwpa.LOG

If it is true that these files exist and you have deleted them you will have
to activate one more time. Most likely over the phone.

What's the problem with srvany?
 
R

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

But if it was a cracked system, they will not be able to obtain a new
activation code. And by deleting the hack that bypassed it, they will not be
able to run the system normally either. The only solution if this is the
case is a repair installation with a valid prodcut key.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
R

Ron Martell

Quintin said:
wow thats a very new problem. I have only heard of it when people have
illegally cracked the program and even then this is weird

The best way to fix this is by repairing Windows

THE REPAIR CONSOLE

No such thing in Windows XP.

There is a Recovery Console and there is a Repair Install. But no
Repair Console.
This method will reinstall Windows XP, and delete all drivers and windows
updates, BUT IT WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PROGRAMS OR FILES!

It seems you are talking about doing a Repair Install. Precise
terminology is extremely helpful when dealing with technical matters.
To use it you need to insert your Windows XP CD, and then restart your
computer. Then when the boot screen comes up, click ‘boot from cd’ and once
the XP cd has loaded, select the repair console.


That is not the way to do a Repair Install. What you have described
will bring up the Recovery Console.
Here are some websites that describe the process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US/ Please not this is very detailed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm this is quite a good
step by step guide which I recommend printing off and looking at while doing
your first repair

That much is correct, and I concur with your recommendations about
Michael Stevens website.
Do not worry. Repairs are very easy, but afterwards you will need to
reinstall drivers, and run Windows Update.

Drivers should be okay. Windows updates will have to be redone.
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
R

Ron Martell

jackp said:
After a normal boot, I enter password for an administrator account, password
is successful. I am then presented with an error message that says 'Windows
Product Activation This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft
before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows?' Answering 'no'
logs me off. Answering 'yes' brings up new dialog box. 'Windows Product
Activation - Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.' Clicking OK
then logs me off. How do I correct this problem? Windows XP will boot to
safe mode successfully.
Thanks.

This sounds very much as though you have a BIOS locked OEM version of
Windows XP and that the motherboard has been replaced by one with a
different BIOS version.

If this is the case then you need to revert to the old motherboard, or
obtain a replacement motherboard from the computer manufacturer.

Good luck


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

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 

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