WinXP activation?!

[BobbyWhiskey]

ok every time i start my computer it tells me that i need to activate Windows but when i click on the icon, it opens the window but tell me that its already registered...
i tryed to re-enter my product key but when i do the trick it tell me the same thing...
is there anything i can do??( i got 28 days left to register it )

 

[SFR]

ok every time i start my computer it tells me that i need to activate Windows but when i click on the icon, it opens the window but tell me that its already registered...
i tryed to re-enter my product key but when i do the trick it tell me the same thing...
is there anything i can do??( i got 28 days left to register it )

First of all have you either connected to the internet to activate XP or called Microsoft?



Whether you have or havent: from the start menu, run: %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a



pick activate by internet.

 

[BobbyWhiskey]

First of all have you either connected to the internet to activate XP or called Microsoft?



Whether you have or havent: from the start menu, run: %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a



pick activate by internet.

that was the "trick" i was talkin about... and it still tell me im alredy activated but im not... ( 27 days left )

 

[weixifan]

Hmm...I suspect you got a WinXP that's already been activated and thus registered by someone else using the exact same Serial as you. Did you ever lend XP to anyone else to use?

Windows XP has an activation process to prevent piracy and violation of the EULA. For some reason, when I reinstalled my Windows, it let me activate it. There must be a mechanism for the previous installation of Windows to communicate with the new installation of Windows (even after a format!) in order for the new installation to recognize that this is not a violation of the EULA, but merely a re-install.

Like SFR said, I would try contacting Microsoft.