Windows XP Activation Pending?

[Guest]

I have just discovered on a Dell Dimension 8250 I bought used about a year
ago in a system information listing, under "Activation Status" the statement
"Activation Pending (30 days remaining)". There is no Windows Activation
icon in the system tray, and in System Tools there is no "Activate Windows"
button, icon, or option. How can I determine if this Windows XP is activated
or not, and if not how do I activate it, and if so, why is that "Activation
Pending..." statement there? The version is 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build
2600.

 

[Guest]

Open task mgr,applications,new task,type:msoobe.exe

 

[Alias]

I have just discovered on a Dell Dimension 8250 I bought used about a year
ago in a system information listing, under "Activation Status" the statement
"Activation Pending (30 days remaining)". There is no Windows Activation
icon in the system tray, and in System Tools there is no "Activate Windows"
button, icon, or option. How can I determine if this Windows XP is activated
or not, and if not how do I activate it, and if so, why is that "Activation
Pending..." statement there? The version is 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build
2600.

Dell computers come preactivated. Surely, there must be something more
important to worry about than that!