Can't login w/o activating XP

[Guest]

I've been fighting a recurring problem with my computer not booting correctly and having to reboot in safe mode. Frequently, the safe mode boot locks after (or while) loading mup.sys, although it sometimes boots successfully. After modifying the boot.ini file via msconfig to load the basevideo option, the computer sometimes (but not always) reboots successfully. I've loaded current video drivers and bios updates. I finally decided to do a repair install of XP. After completing the repair install, I am unable to successfully complete a normal boot operation, but can complete a safe mode boot. However, when I try to login with any of the accounts (including the built-in admin account), I get an error that I can't login until I have activated XP, and that XP activation isn't supported in safe mode, so I should reboot in normal mode.

So, I can't boot in normal mode until I get into safe mode to run msconfig, and I can't login in safe mode until I get into normal mode to activate XP. Any ideas?

 

[wayne]

sounds like a call to the activation center or maybe you can reset your
clock back?

try doing another repair?

Wayne

I've been fighting a recurring problem with my computer not booting

correctly and having to reboot in safe mode. Frequently, the safe mode boot
locks after (or while) loading mup.sys, although it sometimes boots
successfully. After modifying the boot.ini file via msconfig to load the
basevideo option, the computer sometimes (but not always) reboots
successfully. I've loaded current video drivers and bios updates. I finally
decided to do a repair install of XP. After completing the repair install, I
am unable to successfully complete a normal boot operation, but can complete
a safe mode boot. However, when I try to login with any of the accounts
(including the built-in admin account), I get an error that I can't login
until I have activated XP, and that XP activation isn't supported in safe
mode, so I should reboot in normal mode.

So, I can't boot in normal mode until I get into safe mode to run

msconfig, and I can't login in safe mode until I get into normal mode to
activate XP. Any ideas?

 

[Bert]

sounds like a call to the activation center or maybe you can reset your
clock back?

try doing another repair?

Activation is too easy these days to go through the repair again.

Bert

 

[Guest]

Activition IS easy...but my problem is that I can't get to the activation screen. My computer will only boot successfully in safe mode, and i'm not allowed to login until XP has been activated, which isn't supported in safe mode. It's pretty much a catch 22, but I was hoping that someone would know of a way around it.