windows activation again?

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Matt

I had activated 6 months ago and had no problems.
I was able to work on the computer no problem this
afternoon. But after shutting down my computer to watch
football for 2 hours, I came back and started my
computer. My computer then pops up a message saying I
need to activate windows xp inorder to use it. But I had
already activated it and did NOT change its configuration
or delete and files like the wpa.dlb. Do I have to
activate every 6 months? I made a copy of the original
wpa.dlb file to my docs folder and tried to see if I
could copy that to the system folder but could get to a
prompt to do that. I also couldnt use the internet
connection to reactivate because apparently windows
doesnt boot up the modem drivers for my win modem. So I
called the phone activation.

Is there anything I can do so that this doesnt happen in
the future? Is there a way to see if the wpa.dlb file is
in the system folder before I activate again? Is there a
way to copy my backed up wpa.dlb file to the system
folder to see if it recognizes it before I re-register?

Thanks.
 
Possible Resolution:

Go to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 regwizc.dll , and hit enter.
Then go again to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 licdll.dll , and hit enter again.

Apparently, and I can't say how, the above files became unregistered.

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Carey Frisch
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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I had activated 6 months ago and had no problems.
| I was able to work on the computer no problem this
| afternoon. But after shutting down my computer to watch
| football for 2 hours, I came back and started my
| computer. My computer then pops up a message saying I
| need to activate windows xp inorder to use it. But I had
| already activated it and did NOT change its configuration
| or delete and files like the wpa.dlb. Do I have to
| activate every 6 months? I made a copy of the original
| wpa.dlb file to my docs folder and tried to see if I
| could copy that to the system folder but could get to a
| prompt to do that. I also couldnt use the internet
| connection to reactivate because apparently windows
| doesnt boot up the modem drivers for my win modem. So I
| called the phone activation.
|
| Is there anything I can do so that this doesnt happen in
| the future? Is there a way to see if the wpa.dlb file is
| in the system folder before I activate again? Is there a
| way to copy my backed up wpa.dlb file to the system
| folder to see if it recognizes it before I re-register?
|
| Thanks.
 
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