[leonh]

I was away when my windows xp pro activation period expired, now it won't
load up, I have tried reinstalling it but it still won't work
can anyone help
i have read the area on the knowledge base that deals with activation in
general and it is no help
leon

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

"leonh" <leonh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7CF910C5-3FA5-428F-BF55-C99B6F2F7FCE@microsoft.com...
> I was away when my windows xp pro activation period expired, now it won't
> load up, I have tried reinstalling it but it still won't work
> can anyone help
> i have read the area on the knowledge base that deals with activation in
> general and it is no help
> leon

That doesn't sound right. Windows should boot up ok and offer you the
option of activating. It won't let you do much else, but it should let you
attempt to activate.

If you can provide more details, someone may be able to help troubleshoot
this problem (although this isn't really related to security administration,
the topic of this news group.)


--
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

[ALB]

I have the same problem on XP Pro. An error message stating "This copy of
Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can log on. Do you want
to activate Windows now?"
Selecting either Yes or No has no effect other that bringing me back to the
Welcome screen and the user (Me) "Logging Off"
This is a legal, purchased Windows XP Pro and has been in use continuiously
for exectly two years.
What's happening?
I did reenstall XP in a new partition but of course it looks like a new
installation and all my sttings, links and software is not available from
this desktop.
Help!
ALB
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"Colin Nash [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "leonh" <leonh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CF910C5-3FA5-428F-BF55-C99B6F2F7FCE@microsoft.com...
> > I was away when my windows xp pro activation period expired, now it won't
> > load up, I have tried reinstalling it but it still won't work
> > can anyone help
> > i have read the area on the knowledge base that deals with activation in
> > general and it is no help
> > leon
>
> That doesn't sound right. Windows should boot up ok and offer you the
> option of activating. It won't let you do much else, but it should let you
> attempt to activate.
>
> If you can provide more details, someone may be able to help troubleshoot
> this problem (although this isn't really related to security administration,
> the topic of this news group.)
>
>
> --
> Colin Nash
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
>