XP Pro lost activation

[Yves Leclerc]

I have been using my XP Pro succesfully for about 2 years now and I now have
a message when I start up my PC stating that the hardware has changed
significately that XP needs to be re-activated. I do not know why this is
occuring, since I have not made hardware changes in 2 months. All was
working find last night. However, I did do the recommended Jan 2004
WindowsUpdate.

I need to re-activate my XP Pro but the system will not connect to my home
network and gateway router. The system is saying that the "cable is
unpluged" but it is not. I checked the network settings. My network adapter
is working correctly in Device Manager but the TCP protocol will not
recognise my gateway router's DHCP server. I tried "stuffing" the TCP
address directly into the settings but the Windows XP still does not connect
to my network.

I know that I now may have to speak to Microsoft's Activations but why did
my Windows loose activation? Other for the fact that it appears to be
exactly 2 years since last activation, I am lost for the cause.

Y.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Possible Resolution:

Go to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 regwizc.dll , and hit enter.
Then go again to Start > Run and type: regsvr32 licdll.dll , and hit enter again.

Apparently, and I can't say how, the above files became unregistered.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have been using my XP Pro succesfully for about 2 years now and I now have
| a message when I start up my PC stating that the hardware has changed
| significately that XP needs to be re-activated. I do not know why this is
| occuring, since I have not made hardware changes in 2 months. All was
| working find last night. However, I did do the recommended Jan 2004
| WindowsUpdate.
|
| I need to re-activate my XP Pro but the system will not connect to my home
| network and gateway router. The system is saying that the "cable is
| unpluged" but it is not. I checked the network settings. My network adapter
| is working correctly in Device Manager but the TCP protocol will not
| recognise my gateway router's DHCP server. I tried "stuffing" the TCP
| address directly into the settings but the Windows XP still does not connect
| to my network.
|
| I know that I now may have to speak to Microsoft's Activations but why did
| my Windows loose activation? Other for the fact that it appears to be
| exactly 2 years since last activation, I am lost for the cause.
|
| Y.

 

[kurttrail]

I have been using my XP Pro succesfully for about 2 years now and I
now have a message when I start up my PC stating that the hardware
has changed significately that XP needs to be re-activated. I do not
know why this is occuring, since I have not made hardware changes in
2 months. All was working find last night. However, I did do the
recommended Jan 2004 WindowsUpdate.

I need to re-activate my XP Pro but the system will not connect to my
home network and gateway router. The system is saying that the
"cable is unpluged" but it is not. I checked the network settings.
My network adapter is working correctly in Device Manager but the TCP
protocol will not recognise my gateway router's DHCP server. I tried
"stuffing" the TCP address directly into the settings but the Windows
XP still does not connect to my network.

I know that I now may have to speak to Microsoft's Activations but
why did my Windows loose activation? Other for the fact that it
appears to be exactly 2 years since last activation, I am lost for
the cause.

Y.

Poetic Justice!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Your post is not welcome! Go bother someone else!

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I have three days to re-activate! Do you think I should try this first or
just give up and call MS?

Y.

 

[kurttrail]

Your post is not welcome! Go bother someone else!

That's what you get for presuming that people software pirates without
any evidence! Are you sure your not trying to steal MS's precious OS?

Don't post your whining in a *PUBLIC* forum, if you're not gonna welcome
all posts in response, or take responsibility for your own actions! If
my replies to you are unwelcome, then add me to your blocked senders
list, you whiny, lazy, French f*ck!

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I have the genuine CD and the COA for my XP. I had successfully activated
my XP in 2002, with out any problems.

Besides, look who is whining! I just asking questions to see why the
activation is gone!

 

[kurttrail]

I have the genuine CD and the COA for my XP. I had successfully
activated my XP in 2002, with out any problems.

Says you! I bet your really trying to pirate XP, otherwise why would PA
go off on you? MS wouldn't make PA go off for no reason, now would
they? Go buy another copy, you French pirate!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Besides, look who is whining!

I ain't whining, I am reveling in your PA misfortune!

Now, if it could only happen to all those that support MS's addition of
PA in MS software, I'd be happier than a pig in sh*t!

I just asking questions to see why the
activation is gone!

Because people like you willing paid MS for software deliberately
designed to disable itself, that's why! Like there isn't enough sh*t
that can go wrong with software, MS had to dream up something that would
f*ck it up on purpose!

You made your deal with the Devil, no point in crying over now that it
is actually affecting you personally! As far as I'm concerned, you got
exactly what you paid for, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! PMSL!

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You're the pirate!

Says you! I bet your really trying to pirate XP, otherwise why would PA
go off on you? MS wouldn't make PA go off for no reason, now would
they? Go buy another copy, you French pirate!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


I ain't whining, I am reveling in your PA misfortune!

Now, if it could only happen to all those that support MS's addition of
PA in MS software, I'd be happier than a pig in sh*t!


Because people like you willing paid MS for software deliberately
designed to disable itself, that's why! Like there isn't enough sh*t
that can go wrong with software, MS had to dream up something that would
f*ck it up on purpose!

You made your deal with the Devil, no point in crying over now that it
is actually affecting you personally! As far as I'm concerned, you got
exactly what you paid for, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! PMSL!

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[kurttrail]

You're the pirate!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm not the one the PA caught, you are! ;-)

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Well, it has been several hour since I last tried my XP PC. I just
successfully re-activated my XP, so who's the pirate now!

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have been using my XP Pro succesfully for about 2 years now and I now have
a message when I start up my PC stating that the hardware has changed
significately that XP needs to be re-activated. I do not know why this is
occuring, since I have not made hardware changes in 2 months. All was
working find last night. However, I did do the recommended Jan 2004
WindowsUpdate.

I need to re-activate my XP Pro but the system will not connect to my home
network and gateway router. The system is saying that the "cable is
unpluged" but it is not. I checked the network settings. My network adapter
is working correctly in Device Manager but the TCP protocol will not
recognise my gateway router's DHCP server. I tried "stuffing" the TCP
address directly into the settings but the Windows XP still does not connect
to my network.

I know that I now may have to speak to Microsoft's Activations but why did
my Windows loose activation? Other for the fact that it appears to be
exactly 2 years since last activation, I am lost for the cause.

You may have had some device go disabled, in which case the 'vote' in
that category becomes permanently lost. It sounds to me that there is a
problem on your NIC, so that the connection is disabled. I found that
when I did that deliberately on mine (while testing out new WiFi) that I
lost the 3 votes from the NIC and had to activate again.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Thank you! However later yesterday evening, my NIC worked again and the
re-activation went thru.

Y.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Thanks for the info but when I got back home, later the same evening, the
network adapter was working again and the re-activation request completed
successfully.

Y.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

Yves Leclerc wrote:

You may have had some device go disabled, in which case the 'vote' in
that category becomes permanently lost. It sounds to me that there is a
problem on your NIC, so that the connection is disabled. I found that
when I did that deliberately on mine (while testing out new WiFi) that I
lost the 3 votes from the NIC and had to activate again.

Another possibility; malware that both kicked over your WAN access and
deleted your WPA info as DoS attack (to force activation).

To date, I know of no malware that does the latter, though it's a very
ripe and swollen fruit hanging on a very old and thin stalk. Let's
hope MS's activation service can cope with the load if the entire
world's XP userbase has to reactivate in the same few days...

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