XP Home Activation issue

[James]

I did a clean install of xp home for a gentleman, when he
went to activate the software it wouldn't activate. I did
an upgrade install over the clean install with his cd and
attempted to activate it again. this time it told me
activation was successful but every time I reboot the
machine it tells me I have 30 days to activate the
software. At this point I have activated it approx. 10
times, I have run chkdsk /r and sfc, all with the same
result. I have put on service pack 2 and all updates and
taken them off and put them back on. Any suggestions?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

James;
Reboot to Safe Mode:
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.