Computer keeps losing activation code

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My brother-in-law's computer is down again because it keeps losing its
activation code. Twice he has called MS for a new code, gets the system
going for a day or so, then loses the code again. He gets a clean
report from both Norton and Trend Micro. Is there a way to stop this
behavior?
 
Jim said:
My brother-in-law's computer is down again because it keeps losing its
activation code. Twice he has called MS for a new code, gets the system
going for a day or so, then loses the code again. He gets a clean report
from both Norton and Trend Micro. Is there a way to stop this behavior?
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Assuming he isn't running a pirated XP then the best way I have found is to
do image backups and restore from backup.

Your bother in law could actually have made major hardware changes both
those times which would cause this.
 
Jim said:
My brother-in-law's computer is down again because it keeps losing its
activation code. Twice he has called MS for a new code, gets the system
going for a day or so, then loses the code again. He gets a clean
report from both Norton and Trend Micro.
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Something may be damaging the database files for it -
windows\system32\wpa.dbl and wpa.bak. Make copies onto a floppy so you
could copy them back in safe mode and then reboot.

*Or* there may be trouble with the system clock (failed battery) so it
is booting up with a date that looks to be prior to date of installation
 
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