Activation Problem

[Michael D. Alligood]

After a repair install of Windows XP Home Edition, the operating system will not allow me to log on. It states that the copy needs to be activated and asks me if I wish to do so. Both answers (Yes and No) log me off and will not allow me to process with activation. I remember this problem from past posts but I do not recall the fix. Thank you in advance for you advice.

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Michael;
Reboot to Safe Mode and activate by phone:
Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Activate Windows

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

After a repair install of Windows XP Home Edition, the operating
system will not allow me to log on. It states that the copy needs to
be activated and asks me if I wish to do so. Both answers (Yes and No)
log me off and will not allow me to process with activation. I
remember this problem from past posts but I do not recall the fix.
Thank you in advance for you advice.

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

I tried. It states, "You cannot activate Windows in Safe Mode. Please
restart your computer to Normal Mode and activate Windows." Any other
suggestions?

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Greg R]

I tried. It states, "You cannot activate Windows in Safe Mode. Please
restart your computer to Normal Mode and activate Windows." Any other
suggestions?

Try this fix
http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/key.html

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Thanks Greg. That did it. The only thing I did differently from the linked
instruction was not running the command line msoobe.exe <-- since I could
not activate in Safe Mode anyway. So after editing the registry, I reboot
into normal mode and it allowed me to activate windows. Thanks for you
assistants.

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Greg R]

Thanks Greg. That did it. The only thing I did differently from the linked
instruction was not running the command line msoobe.exe <-- since I could
not activate in Safe Mode anyway. So after editing the registry, I reboot
into normal mode and it allowed me to activate windows. Thanks for you
assistants.

Sorry, I forgot to mention if you are working in safe mode. After
you modify the wpa events. You need to reboot normally before running
this command.

Start menu run box %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

Greg R