Multiple reactivations

[Jim]

Curious if others have had anything like this.

Two months ago I replaced a hard drive. Exact same make and
model. Then about two weeks ago I installed a sound card
and a TV tuner card. Then 3 days ago XP required a
reactivation.

Yesterday I plugged in a USB pen drive. Today I get another
message to reactivate Windows. Three days and only a USB
pen drive! SpyBot and my anti-virus come up clean. What is
going on with Windows?

 

[WTC]

Could be a corrupted dll file

go to start>run and type

regsvr32 regwizc.dll

There is a file called wpa.dbl. This file is used to record hardware
changes. If there is a count of 7 or more within 120 days, you will be
required to re-activate windows. A NIC will used up 3 and motherboard may
required 4 or more depending on hardware. But this does not look like your
problem.

Good Luck

 

[Alex Nichol]

Two months ago I replaced a hard drive. Exact same make and
model. Then about two weeks ago I installed a sound card
and a TV tuner card. Then 3 days ago XP required a
reactivation.

Yesterday I plugged in a USB pen drive. Today I get another
message to reactivate Windows. Three days and only a USB
pen drive! SpyBot and my anti-virus come up clean. What is
going on with Windows?

The only items there that get involved in the activation system are the
hard drive itself (serial number, so being the same model does not save
you) and the Volume serial number of the partition made on it. The
other items are not relevant at all. But there does seem to be
something around that results in a loss of the activation information.
One that has been identified is a use of a hack tool to evade the
activation system.

 

[Alex Nichol]

There is a file called wpa.dbl. This file is used to record hardware
changes. If there is a count of 7 or more within 120 days, you will be
required to re-activate windows. A NIC will used up 3 and motherboard may
required 4 or more depending on hardware. But this does not look like your
problem.

That is incorrect and misleading. See instead my page
www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm