error 0x80070002 cannot accurately check license.

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Hello:
I have been working on a computer that was unable to browse the web.
One thing led to another, and I got webpages working for the first
five or ten minutes the computer was on, so I tried to get its windows
updates, but kept getting errors. on a site I read, it suggested I
run the sfc utility to try and repair the updates problem. when doing
so, it asked for the windows xp cd. since I did not have the cd that
came with the computer on hand, I used my own xp cd to run sfc. then
when I booted again, I got error 0x80070002, a problem is preventing
windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Now
all I can do is log in in safe mode, every other way I try to log in
results in this error. I read in google.groups and on the web a few
places about a registry fix as suggested by a microsoft KB article,
but the registry keys that article talks about do not exist. and
there is another article I read that said to delete the wpa.* files,
which also did not work for me. I tried a few other things as
suggested on the web, plus discussed with some colleagues, no good
ideas came from that. so I had a computer that couldn't get online,
and now I have a computer that I can't log into. I am trying very
much to avoid the nuke and pave. If anyone has any suggestions, I
would very much appreciate hearing them...
 
Hello:
I have been working on a computer that was unable to browse the web.
One thing led to another, and I got webpages working for the first
five or ten minutes the computer was on, so I tried to get its windows
updates, but kept getting errors. on a site I read, it suggested I
run the sfc utility to try and repair the updates problem. when doing
so, it asked for the windows xp cd. since I did not have the cd that
came with the computer on hand, I used my own xp cd to run sfc. then
when I booted again, I got error 0x80070002, a problem is preventing
windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Now
all I can do is log in in safe mode, every other way I try to log in
results in this error. I read in google.groups and on the web a few
places about a registry fix as suggested by a microsoft KB article,
but the registry keys that article talks about do not exist. and
there is another article I read that said to delete the wpa.* files,
which also did not work for me. I tried a few other things as
suggested on the web, plus discussed with some colleagues, no good
ideas came from that. so I had a computer that couldn't get online,
and now I have a computer that I can't log into. I am trying very
much to avoid the nuke and pave. If anyone has any suggestions, I
would very much appreciate hearing them...
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I found this on the net, hope it helps:

Change XP Product Key without Reinstall:

1. Run regedit and go to:
HKey_Local_MachineSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrent ersionWPAEvents,on
the right double click on "oobetimer" and change at least one digit
of this value to deactivate windows.

2. Choose run from start menu and type in this command:
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
to get the activation screen and go to the second option which is
activate by phone.

3. In the new screen choose the option to change product key, and type
in the new product key .

4. Close that window, reboot your system and enter the command in step
2 for the second time to verify your activation , you should see
"windows is already activated".

....
Dave
 
thanks for the reply Dave:
I found that as well, but apparently it can't be done from safe mode,
and safe mode is the only way I can get logged into the computer.
gave me an error saying the key could not be changed. any chance
anybody knows how to accomplish this in safe mode? or have any other
solutions?
I also tried a restore, but that didn't work either...
 
thanks for the reply Dave:
I found that as well, but apparently it can't be done from safe mode,
and safe mode is the only way I can get logged into the computer.
gave me an error saying the key could not be changed. any chance
anybody knows how to accomplish this in safe mode? or have any other
solutions?
I also tried a restore, but that didn't work either...
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See if there's anything useful here -
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t58649.html

Dave
 
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