Why get 0x0000007B error when booting into Windows XP Home? Cannot get around it.

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Joe Donaldson

I have tried to help a few people and in some cases I was successful
in upgrading them from Win ME to XP. Those with Win XP Home already
installed gave me fits. Perhaps I am a dope.

There were 2 PC's which I tried to repair/reinstall (not full/clena)
of Win XP Home. I followed others instructions and pressed "R" after
the License Agreement with the XP Home CD.

When all was done I received the following:

PC 1. something like "Cannot activate product, please call Microsoft".
System was stuck and I could do nothing. What should I have done?

PC 2. In another instance the person still received the same error
when rebooting and that was Stop: 0x0000007B (and then a ton of
numbers in parenthesis). The person tried a repair again and still no
luck. They cannot even go into safe mode.

Please help me on this.
Thanks so much
Joe
 
Joe Donaldson said:
I have tried to help a few people and in some cases I was successful
in upgrading them from Win ME to XP. Those with Win XP Home already
installed gave me fits. Perhaps I am a dope.

There were 2 PC's which I tried to repair/reinstall (not full/clena)
of Win XP Home. I followed others instructions and pressed "R" after
the License Agreement with the XP Home CD.

When all was done I received the following:

PC 1. something like "Cannot activate product, please call Microsoft".
System was stuck and I could do nothing. What should I have done?

PC 2. In another instance the person still received the same error
when rebooting and that was Stop: 0x0000007B (and then a ton of
numbers in parenthesis). The person tried a repair again and still no
luck. They cannot even go into safe mode.

Please help me on this.
Thanks so much
Joe
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How do I do a reformat? Never saw an option during a Windows XP Home install.
Thanks,
Joe
 
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