Activation icon displays on already activated XP

[Ben]

I did a system restore on a machine with Windows XP installed and
activated on the hard disk. After the restore, the activation icon
displays in the nofication area saying I have X days left to activate.
I click it on and the resulting window says XP is already activated.
Do I really have an activated XP? Do I need to do a reinstall? Or
should I just continue ignoring the activation icon (and is there a
way to get rid of it --- I tried the "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" and
"regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" trick and it doesn't seem to work). Thanks.

 

[Bob]

I activated (successfully) my XP Pro last December and it still says

"Activation Pending (30 days remaing) "

for the last 6 months. I think it is just one of many bugs and
obviously just irritating and nothing to worry about
brought to you by Microsoft.

Yours Truly,
Bob

 

[We Live for the One we Die for the One]

Yeah activation just pisses off the Legit buyers of XP, the people in
the know just crack it and **** Activation off :0

Oh well maybe they will junk it with Longhorn we can only hope

 

[Bob]

I activated (successfully) my XP Pro last December and it still says

"Activation Pending (30 days remaing) "

for the last 6 months. I think it is just one of many bugs and
obviously just irritating and nothing to worry about
brought to you by Microsoft.

Yours Truly,
Bob