XP Pro won't stay activated.

[MJC]

A friend's computer was hit by lightning and needed to be rebuilt. By the
time that was done, it was virtually a new machine. I installed her OEM copy
of XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed into it. The activation went smoothly and
was accepted. But now, every time she reboots, it wants her to activate
again! Any ideas to make the activation "stick!"

 

[Jim Macklin]

What hardware was changed during the rebuild? Her OEM XP
Pro may be looking for some data which is not there anymore,
such as a BIOS or hidden partition.
You may get a better answer if you'll state what make and
model of computer and what parts where changed, including
make and models of mobo and such.


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|A friend's computer was hit by lightning and needed to be
rebuilt. By the
| time that was done, it was virtually a new machine. I
installed her OEM copy
| of XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed into it. The activation
went smoothly and
| was accepted. But now, every time she reboots, it wants
her to activate
| again! Any ideas to make the activation "stick!"
|
|

 

[Ron Martell]

A friend's computer was hit by lightning and needed to be rebuilt. By the
time that was done, it was virtually a new machine. I installed her OEM copy
of XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed into it. The activation went smoothly and
was accepted. But now, every time she reboots, it wants her to activate
again! Any ideas to make the activation "stick!"

Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation.

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

Good luck


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

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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[MJC]

Her motherboard, hard drives and monitor were replaced. The OEM XP Pro
install disk is not bios locked to a specific company's hardware and it's a
2 cpu license version. There is nothing on the install CD limiting it to
Dell, Gateway, or ANY other brand. This is not a restore situation with a
hidden partition on a drive. The IDE drives were damaged by the lightning.
The new drives are SATA. The activation is accepted, but the next time she
reboots the machine it requires reactivation. I installed it onto the
machine as it was originally without any problems. The activation held for 2
days before it started this behavior.

 

[kurttrail]

What hardware was changed during the rebuild? Her OEM XP
Pro may be looking for some data which is not there anymore,
such as a BIOS or hidden partition.
You may get a better answer if you'll state what make and
model of computer and what parts where changed, including
make and models of mobo and such.

TO THE OP: WARNING! DO NOT SAY YOU CHANGED THE MOTHERBOARD, BECAUSE
SOME LUNATICS IN THIS GROUP THINK THAT CHANGING THE MOTHERBOARD MAKE THE
COMPUTER AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPUTER, AND THEY WILL JUMP ALL OVER YOU
THAT YOU NEED TO BUY A NEW COPY OF XP.


To Jim: It doesn't matter what actually hardware has been changed
activation is caught into a loop, and that is cause by either not all
the components of PA not being registered correctly, or the wpa.dbl file
is being corrupted. Don't get the "new motherboard makes a totally new
computer" for OEM licenses started with their nonsense. MS can't agree
when a computer becomes a new computer! If they could, then they'd
write in their OEM EULA, and WE ALL KNOW that the OEM END USER LICENSE
AGREEMENT is totally silent when it comes to when it comes to when a
computer is upgraded to the point that it becomes a totally different
computer! The only ones that can't understand that are those that are
totally f*$kin' insane.

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[kurttrail]

Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation.

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

And if that doesn't work, then try to do a checkdisk of your Windows XP
partition.

Start > Run > type "chkdsk C: /r" [without the quotes]* > OK > type "y"
[without the quotes" When you see this message: "The type of the file
system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because
the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule
this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)" >
then hit the enter button, and reboot the computer.

* - ["chkdsk C: /r" Where "C" is the location of your Windows Partition.
If your Windows Partition is located on Drive F, the what you should
type in the Run dialogue box is "chkdsk F: /r" (without the quotes)]

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[Yves Leclerc]

The 2 cpus license means you can run it on a dual processor motherboard!
This is not a license to allow you to install it on two separate computers!

 

[MJC]

It's not on 2 computers! Her computer was damaged by a lightning strike. The
hard drives had to be replaced and the motherboard was damaged and had to be
replaced! The power supply was destroyed so it all had to go into a new
tower. Microsoft has no problem with activating the XP installation after
replacing the motherboard and the drives. I activated after the install and
it reported "successful." This morning, the activation wizard decided she
needed to reactive. The first time, she used the online activation. The next
reboot, it needed it again. She reactivated again on the phone with them.
The problem is the installation will not stay activated! Every time she
reboots, she has to activate again! Each time, the activation reports as
"successful." It doesn't matter whether she calls them or activates online.
It won't keep the activation.

 

[MJC]

She tried repairing the registry entries without success. She still has to
reactivate every time she reboots.

 

[kurttrail]

Try repairing the registry entries for the .DLL files used by
activation.

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

And if that doesn't work, then try to do a checkdisk of your Windows
XP partition.

Start > Run > type "chkdsk C: /r" [without the quotes]* > OK > type
"y" [without the quotes" When you see this message: "The type of the
file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run
because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to
schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?
(Y/N)" > then hit the enter button, and reboot the computer.

* - ["chkdsk C: /r" Where "C" is the location of your Windows
Partition. If your Windows Partition is located on Drive F, the what
you should type in the Run dialogue box is "chkdsk F: /r" (without
the quotes)]

Actually before you run the Check Disk, save the wpa.dbl & the wpa.bak
files to another folder, then delete them, and reboot. See if that
stops the problem, if not then run the check disk.

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[kurttrail]

It's not on 2 computers! Her computer was damaged by a lightning
strike. The hard drives had to be replaced and the motherboard was
damaged and had to be replaced! The power supply was destroyed so it
all had to go into a new tower. Microsoft has no problem with
activating the XP installation after replacing the motherboard and
the drives. I activated after the install and it reported
"successful." This morning, the activation wizard decided she needed
to reactive. The first time, she used the online activation. The next
reboot, it needed it again. She reactivated again on the phone with
them. The problem is the installation will not stay activated! Every
time she reboots, she has to activate again! Each time, the
activation reports as "successful." It doesn't matter whether she
calls them or activates online. It won't keep the activation.

You brought it on yourself for saying it was a 2 CPU version of XP.
That raises the hair on the back of the neck of the piracy dweebs.

This group as a few jerks that have nothing better to do than jump on
people for the slightest inkling when they suspect piracy. It is the
Gestapo effect. Getting the neighbors to inform on the neighbors sort
of thing.

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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
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[Jim Macklin]

My question was just to get some more info about the
problem. Most likely he needs to do a repair install and
then reactivate again. If there are not too many files of
personally data, I'd consider doing a clean install.


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"kurttrail" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > What hardware was changed during the rebuild? Her OEM
XP
| > Pro may be looking for some data which is not there
anymore,
| > such as a BIOS or hidden partition.
| > You may get a better answer if you'll state what make
and
| > model of computer and what parts where changed,
including
| > make and models of mobo and such.
|
| TO THE OP: WARNING! DO NOT SAY YOU CHANGED THE
MOTHERBOARD, BECAUSE
| SOME LUNATICS IN THIS GROUP THINK THAT CHANGING THE
MOTHERBOARD MAKE THE
| COMPUTER AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPUTER, AND THEY WILL
JUMP ALL OVER YOU
| THAT YOU NEED TO BUY A NEW COPY OF XP.
|
|
| To Jim: It doesn't matter what actually hardware has been
changed
| activation is caught into a loop, and that is cause by
either not all
| the components of PA not being registered correctly, or
the wpa.dbl file
| is being corrupted. Don't get the "new motherboard makes
a totally new
| computer" for OEM licenses started with their nonsense.
MS can't agree
| when a computer becomes a new computer! If they could,
then they'd
| write in their OEM EULA, and WE ALL KNOW that the OEM END
USER LICENSE
| AGREEMENT is totally silent when it comes to when it comes
to when a
| computer is upgraded to the point that it becomes a
totally different
| computer! The only ones that can't understand that are
those that are
| totally f*$kin' insane.
|
| --
| 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"
|
|

 

[kurttrail]

My question was just to get some more info about the
problem. Most likely he needs to do a repair install and
then reactivate again. If there are not too many files of
personally data, I'd consider doing a clean install.



"kurttrail" <[email protected]>
wrote in message

"The IDE drives were damaged by the lightning.
The new drives are SATA."

I sounds like it was a clean install.

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[Jim Macklin]

But as was said by someone on the thread (you?), the file is
corrupt and another clean install might be an "easy fix."


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"kurttrail" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > My question was just to get some more info about the
| > problem. Most likely he needs to do a repair install
and
| > then reactivate again. If there are not too many files
of
| > personally data, I'd consider doing a clean install.
| >
| >
| >
| > "kurttrail" <[email protected]>
| > wrote in message
| > | >> Jim Macklin wrote:
| >>> What hardware was changed during the rebuild? Her OEM
XP
| >>> Pro may be looking for some data which is not there
anymore,
| >>> such as a BIOS or hidden partition.
| >>> You may get a better answer if you'll state what make
and
| >>> model of computer and what parts where changed,
including
| >>> make and models of mobo and such.
| >>
| >> TO THE OP: WARNING! DO NOT SAY YOU CHANGED THE
MOTHERBOARD, BECAUSE
| >> SOME LUNATICS IN THIS GROUP THINK THAT CHANGING THE
MOTHERBOARD MAKE
| >> THE COMPUTER AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMPUTER, AND THEY
WILL JUMP ALL
| >> OVER YOU THAT YOU NEED TO BUY A NEW COPY OF XP.
| >>
| >>
| >> To Jim: It doesn't matter what actually hardware has
been changed
| >> activation is caught into a loop, and that is cause by
either not all
| >> the components of PA not being registered correctly, or
the wpa.dbl
| >> file is being corrupted. Don't get the "new
motherboard makes a
| >> totally new computer" for OEM licenses started with
their nonsense.
| >> MS can't agree when a computer becomes a new computer!
If they
| >> could, then they'd write in their OEM EULA, and WE ALL
KNOW that the
| >> OEM END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT is totally silent when
it comes to
| >> when it comes to when a computer is upgraded to the
point that it
| >> becomes a totally different computer! The only ones
that can't
| >> understand that are those that are totally f*$kin'
insane.
| >>
| >> --
| >> 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"
|
| "The IDE drives were damaged by the lightning.
| The new drives are SATA."
|
| I sounds like it was a clean install.
|
| --
| 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"
|
|

 

[kurttrail]

But as was said by someone on the thread (you?), the file is
corrupt and another clean install might be an "easy fix."

LOL! A clean install would be an option, AFTER failing to fix the
problem by deleting the wpa file and the scandisk, though I'd do a
memory test, and try a repair install first.

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[Michael Stevens]

In

A friend's computer was hit by lightning and needed to be rebuilt. By
the time that was done, it was virtually a new machine. I installed
her OEM copy of XP Pro with SP2 slipstreamed into it. The activation
went smoothly and was accepted. But now, every time she reboots, it
wants her to activate again! Any ideas to make the activation "stick!"

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[MJC]

Deleting the 2 wpa files then activating again worked. The wizard came up
with the needed activation numbers displayed. Then I called the phone
number, informed the person on the phone of the hardware changes (& why) and
was given a different number to type into the wizard. The XP installation is
staying activated now!

Thanks for the assistance.