Product activation, guided help doesn't fix it

[Guest]

Every time I restart my computer, I am prompted to activate Windows. When I
click yes to activate now, it says windows is already activated. When the
countdown previously reached 1 day left for activation, I downloaded the
Guided Help to fix this problem. The next time I logged on to my computer, I
was still prompted to activate windows. Then it kept going in this cycle of
asking me to activate windows, then saying it was already activated, then
saying windows was expired. I was eventually locked out of my computer and
had to re-install my OS. I have 28 days before this happens again. Help,
please!!!

 

[Anton Pegan]

Hi,

First try to repair your activation wizard following this steps:
1. Run your computer in Safe mode (F8)
2. Click Start, Run and type cmd
3. After each command below press Enter:
expand d:\i386\licwmi.dl_ c:\windows\system32
expand d:\i386\regwizc.dl_ c:\windows\system32
expand d:\i386\licdll.dl_ c:\windows\system32
expand d:\i386\wpabaln.ex_ c:\windows\system32
ren wpa.dbl wpa.old
expand d:\i386\wpa.db_ c:\windows\system32
copy c:\windows\system32\licwmi.dll c:\windows\system32\dllcache
copy c:\windows\system32\regwizc.dll c:\windows\system32\dllcache
copy c:\windows\system32\licdll.dll c:\windows\system32\dllcache
copy c:\windows\system32\wpabaln.exe c:\windows\system32\dllcache
regsvr32.exe licwmi.dll
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll
exit
4. Click Start/Run and type regedit
5. Open the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Add a DWORD value to this key that is named "Activation Required", and then
set the value of this DWORD to 1 (dword:00000001).
6. Restart your computer

The files neede for Windows Activation are described in the articles below:
"Error Code: 0x80004005†error message when you install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306081
You are prompted to activate Windows every time you restart your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295

But, Because you already re-installed the operating system, this steps wont
be neccesary. Just go ahead and activate your OS.

Regards,
Anton Pegan