Frank said:
I have a client whose XP home edition keeps requesting activation
every time the PC boots up. He then goes through the activation
process with no problems. But the activation screen appears on the
next bootup. Any ideas on a fix for this?
Since you didn't describe the client's PC:
If a Dell Inspiron 8100:
Activation problems occur because of a conflict between the XP
activation component and the Inspiron 8100's graphics adapter. As a
work around, boot the installation in base-video mode by :
a. Run msconfig and select boot.ini tab.
b. Select boot entry and then select the /BASEVIDEO check box, Apply
& OK. Reboot.
After your computer reboots with the /basevideo option, you can activate
Windows. After activation, remove the /basevideo option from boot.ini
and reboot.
Otherwise (credit and thanks to 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.
Note: If you used reset5 to crack the Windows XP installation
previously, the above steps will not work.
Malke
