XP Home Edition - Help!

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James K

When my Mesh PC boots it gets to the user login screen
and I receive a message saying that Windows requires
activating before I can continue. Note: I have had the
PC for 18 months, it came with Windows installed and I
have never had this problem before. If i confirm it
should activate (by phone or modem), you click modem and
it cannot connect and the system hangs. Has anyone got
any ides?

many thanks
 
Hi,

Boot to Safe mode by hitting F8 when WinXP first begins to load. Select it
from the boot options, then logon as administrator.

Start/run regsvr32 regwizc.dll
Then start/run regsvr32 licdll.dll

If this doesn't help try these steps: Start/run regedit. Delete the
following keys:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers

Exit the registry editor, restart normally.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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