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I have a valid licensed installation of Windows XP Professional with Service
Pack 2 installed for some time. I had shutdown the computer for 2 days while
I was out of town. Upon trying to startup my system I get the following
message under title WINDOWS PRODUCT ACTIVATION: "A problem is preventing
Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code:
0x80040017"
I have searched the Knowledge Base under both the error code and the text of
the message with no matches. I am an experienced PC person but have never
seen this type of error message. I can boot to safe mode, and have rerun the
Windows SpyWare program Beta. There are no SpyWare programs according to the
scan.
I am at a loss on what to do next to get past this problem without
reinstalling Windows XP. Please advise on how I can get my system back up and
running.
Pack 2 installed for some time. I had shutdown the computer for 2 days while
I was out of town. Upon trying to startup my system I get the following
message under title WINDOWS PRODUCT ACTIVATION: "A problem is preventing
Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code:
0x80040017"
I have searched the Knowledge Base under both the error code and the text of
the message with no matches. I am an experienced PC person but have never
seen this type of error message. I can boot to safe mode, and have rerun the
Windows SpyWare program Beta. There are no SpyWare programs according to the
scan.
I am at a loss on what to do next to get past this problem without
reinstalling Windows XP. Please advise on how I can get my system back up and
running.