Activation key

[Guest]

I have installed Windows XPPro on a PC and it keeps asking for an activation
key but, when I double click on the icon it says that windows has already
been activated. Does anyone know how to get rid of this message? Thanks in
advance!!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in the
\Windows\system32 folder.

This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of problem.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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| I have installed Windows XPPro on a PC and it keeps asking for an activation
| key but, when I double click on the icon it says that windows has already
| been activated. Does anyone know how to get rid of this message? Thanks in
| advance!!