problems with Windows and activation

[chris]

I recently reinstall Windows, and went on the internet
after many months. After a few minutes, a pop-up appeared,
and told me my computer will restart in 1 minute. The
message was regarding NT and activation. This occurs
everytime I logon the internet and only when on the internet

I changed some hardware components and formated my
harddrive. I am aware that I am supposed to re-activate,
because of these changes. The problem, is that the windows
does not tell me this and the Activation menu option is not
there.

Any ideas how to reactivate windows, without the Activation
screen?

Thanks,
chris

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Sounds to me like it might be a variant of MSBLAST. If it was a true
activation problem you would see it on boot rather than online. Check the
following site for more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826955