XP Home Edition registration loop

[F@bloke]

I have recently re-installed on a formatted HDD my nephew's laptop, Win XP
Home edition using the key shown on the bottom of the machine. Everything
went well, even registered the software on the net. when I come to log in I
am told that this version of Win XP must be registered before it is used. So
I select register and the machine tells me that the software is already
registered. How can I stop this loop please?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have recently re-installed on a formatted HDD my nephew's laptop,
Win XP Home edition using the key shown on the bottom of the
machine. Everything went well, even registered the software on the
net. when I come to log in I am told that this version of Win XP
must be registered before it is used. So I select register and the
machine tells me that the software is already registered. How can I
stop this loop please?

Are you certain it is asking you to REGISTER?
Registration is optional. Activation is required.

 

[F@bloke]

Are you certain it is asking you to REGISTER?
Registration is optional. Activation is required.

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Shenan Stanley
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Yes sorry, it's been a long day. I meant Activate. The actual wording is - "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows now?" Whe I click yes it says it is already activated.