XP activation

[Eric]

Hello,

After trying to renew my IP from a DOS window using IPCONFIG /RENEW. The
process seemed to be taking forever so I closed/crashed the DOS-Window.
Since no IP was assigned to the PC, I restarted.
Upon reboot, Windows XP popped up a message, explaining that the hardware on
the computer had changed significantly this Windows was first activated and
that I had now 3 days to reactivate Windows!!!
Nothing has changed on my machine! Is there a way to fix this (beside
reactivating)?

Thank you.

Eric.

 

[Jerry]

Just reactivate - it doesn't hurt and takes about 30 seconds.

 

[Eric]

Ever heard about this before?

Just reactivate - it doesn't hurt and takes about 30 seconds.

 

[kurttrail]

Ever heard about this before?

Yes. Product Activation, like ALL copy-protection is anti-consumer
technology, and doesn't always work the way it is supposed to. The best
way not to get burned by copy-protection errors is not to buy products
that are copy-protected.

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"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Steve N.]

Hello,

After trying to renew my IP from a DOS window using IPCONFIG /RENEW. The
process seemed to be taking forever so I closed/crashed the DOS-Window.
Since no IP was assigned to the PC, I restarted.
Upon reboot, Windows XP popped up a message, explaining that the hardware on
the computer had changed significantly this Windows was first activated and
that I had now 3 days to reactivate Windows!!!
Nothing has changed on my machine! Is there a way to fix this (beside
reactivating)?

Thank you.

Eric.

Check the status of your NIC. It holds 3 activation votes.

Steve N.

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello,

After trying to renew my IP from a DOS window using IPCONFIG /RENEW. The
process seemed to be taking forever so I closed/crashed the DOS-Window.
Since no IP was assigned to the PC, I restarted.
Upon reboot, Windows XP popped up a message, explaining that the hardware on
the computer had changed significantly this Windows was first activated and
that I had now 3 days to reactivate Windows!!!
Nothing has changed on my machine! Is there a way to fix this (beside
reactivating)?

The network card is the single most important hardware component that
is monitored by product activation. It is given 3 times the
significance of any other item.

So if there had been other monitored hardware identifiers changed
since the last activation (such as additional RAM, reformatted hard
drive) then a network card malfunction could be sufficient to trigger
the need to reactivate.

See the article on product activation by the late Alex Nichol MVP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

 

[kurttrail]

The network card is the single most important hardware component that
is monitored by product activation. It is given 3 times the
significance of any other item.

So if there had been other monitored hardware identifiers changed
since the last activation (such as additional RAM, reformatted hard
drive) then a network card malfunction could be sufficient to trigger
the need to reactivate.

See the article on product activation by the late Alex Nichol MVP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

Well if activation thought that the NIC had changed, which it didn't,
activation still needed one more vote to be triggered.

OBVIOUSLY, activation doesn't work the way it is supposed to.

MS should be held financially responsible for EVERY single PA problem!

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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Steve N.]

Well if activation thought that the NIC had changed, which it didn't,
activation still needed one more vote to be triggered.

OBVIOUSLY, activation doesn't work the way it is supposed to.

MS should be held financially responsible for EVERY single PA problem!

Well, if customer satisfaction still plays a role in revenue for them,
then eventually they will.

Steve N.

 

[Guest]

Possible Resolution:

Boot into "Safe Mode" by pressing (F8) during a reboot.

Go to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 regwizc.dll , and hit enter.
Then go again to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 licdll.dll , and hit
enter again.

Apparently, and I can't say how, the above files became unregistered.

Additional Troubleshooting:

You are prompted to activate Windows every time you restart your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312295

 

[John Wilson]

I have reformatted twice in the last two weeks because of various reasons.
The activation went very smoothly for me and seems little to ask for
considering the great OS I get access to in return. I don't even recall
having to click more than three times to activate XP. I expected it be some
long drawn out process, but with DSL, the process did not bother me at all.

 

[kurttrail]

I have reformatted twice in the last two weeks because of various
reasons. The activation went very smoothly for me and seems little to
ask for considering the great OS I get access to in return. I don't
even recall having to click more than three times to activate XP. I
expected it be some long drawn out process, but with DSL, the process
did not bother me at all.

So? Do you think people doen't have problems with PA just because it
went smoothly for you?

--
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"

 

[Alias]

So? Do you think people doen't have problems with PA just because it
went smoothly for you?

He thinks it went smoothly because he has DSL. LOL!

Alias