On Login, Wants XP Activation, Then Says Already Activated, Back to Login

[Will Niccolls]

Installed XP Pro upgrade over XP Home on a laptop.

On login, it informs of need to activate Windows. I say yes, then a screen
appears: "Windows is already activated". Then it goes back to login. Then
it informs of need to activate, etc.

Next steps?

Will Niccolls

 

[Li'l Roberto]

logon with an administrator account and re register these 2 DLLs:

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" [enter]
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" [enter]
then reboot

rgds
Li'l Roberto

 

[Will Niccolls]

Thanks, I am a local pc administrator user, and it won't let me in because
it wants to activate, then says it is activated, then goes back to login.

When I log in as a domain admin, it fails because I'm not networked to the
domain. If I need to go over to the office to log in to that network, can
you assure me it will allow me to log in, because I'd rather not make the
trip if I can help it.

What an unbelievably poorly handled error this is.

Will Niccolls

logon with an administrator account and re register these 2 DLLs:

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" [enter]
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" [enter]
then reboot

rgds
Li'l Roberto

Installed XP Pro upgrade over XP Home on a laptop.

On login, it informs of need to activate Windows. I say yes, then a
screen appears: "Windows is already activated". Then it goes back to
login. Then it informs of need to activate, etc.

Next steps?

Will Niccolls

 

[kurttrail]

Thanks, I am a local pc administrator user, and it won't let me in
because it wants to activate, then says it is activated, then goes
back to login.
When I log in as a domain admin, it fails because I'm not networked
to the domain. If I need to go over to the office to log in to that
network, can you assure me it will allow me to log in, because I'd
rather not make the trip if I can help it.

Nope. But if you boot into safe mode you should be able to re-register
the dlls. If that doesn't work, then try to delete the following
registry keys and rebooting:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\M­icrosoft\Cryptography\Provider­s
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\M­icrosoft\Cryptography\Provider­s

What an unbelievably poorly handled error this is.

Absolutely. I suspect it is done on purpose to get people to buy more
of the same software that they don't really need.

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"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Will Niccolls]

Nope. But if you boot into safe mode you should be able to re-register the
dlls. If that doesn't work, then try to delete the following registry
keys and rebooting:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\M­icrosoft\Cryptography\Provider­s
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\M­icrosoft\Cryptography\Provider­s

Took me a while to get back to you, sorry. The dll's registered
successfully but there's no change in the behaviour, and the registry keys
you mention don't exist. Any other suggestions? I don't mind reinstalling
windows if it is going to help.

Thanks!

 

[kurttrail]

Took me a while to get back to you, sorry. The dll's registered
successfully but there's no change in the behaviour, and the registry
keys you mention don't exist. Any other suggestions? I don't mind
reinstalling windows if it is going to help.

Thanks!

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

A repair install should do the trick.

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Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Will Niccolls]

"kurttrail"

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

A repair install should do the trick.

Thanks but the repair install didn't work. Now the activation screen
appears and hangs when you say "yes", currently waiting at 20 minutes...

Would a format work?