activation of windows xp home edition

[sundogs]

A relative of mine tries to log on to Windows XP and when
(after he gets Welcome screen)he clicks on Icon, Windows
immediately Logs Off. There seems to be no way around it.
He is uncertain if the person who installed his PC
activated Windows XP. He himself didn't. Does this sound
like it's the problem? If so, what do you do if you
haven't activated it and your grace period runs out?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP Logs You Off When You Try to Activate the Product
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330136&Product=winxp

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|A relative of mine tries to log on to Windows XP and when
| (after he gets Welcome screen)he clicks on Icon, Windows
| immediately Logs Off. There seems to be no way around it.
| He is uncertain if the person who installed his PC
| activated Windows XP. He himself didn't. Does this sound
| like it's the problem? If so, what do you do if you
| haven't activated it and your grace period runs out?

 

[Eric]

Maybe this page will be of help:

http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.php

If it isn't look around the http://www.aumha.org/
site.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/

 

[hermes]

A relative of mine tries to log on to Windows XP and when
(after he gets Welcome screen)he clicks on Icon, Windows
immediately Logs Off. There seems to be no way around it.
He is uncertain if the person who installed his PC
activated Windows XP. He himself didn't. Does this sound
like it's the problem? If so, what do you do if you
haven't activated it and your grace period runs out?

If this happened to me, I would decide never to buy any software with
product activation in it again. Read the below links, then make your
own choice!

http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/index.html
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

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hermes
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/index.html
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
http://anti-dmca.org/
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php

Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams