Windows XP Pro Activation

[tony]

Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro w/SP1A. When I am logged on as an
Administrator it shows that the operating system as being
activated. If I log on as a local user ( w/no rights) and
check the status it shows it as having 30 days left. If I
try and activated it as a user it says that I must be an
Administrator to do this. If I sign back on as
Administrator it try and do it (using the following
command... oobe/msoobe /a it says that it is already
activated. ??? What is up with this?
I am doing this on a Dell Dimension 4550 system that came
pre-installed with Windows XP SP1 and was upgraded to SP1A.

Thanks,

Tony P.S.. The license on the PC is just a Retail Media
license key.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Tony,

Try this:

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

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"tony" > wrote in message =
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> Hi,
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> I have Windows XP Pro w/SP1A. When I am logged on as an=20
> Administrator it shows that the operating system as being=20
> activated. If I log on as a local user ( w/no rights) and=20
> check the status it shows it as having 30 days left. If I=20
> try and activated it as a user it says that I must be an=20
> Administrator to do this. If I sign back on as=20
> Administrator it try and do it (using the following=20
> command... oobe/msoobe /a it says that it is already=20
> activated. ??? What is up with this?
> I am doing this on a Dell Dimension 4550 system that came=20
> pre-installed with Windows XP SP1 and was upgraded to SP1A.
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> Thanks,
>=20
> Tony P.S.. The license on the PC is just a Retail Media=20
> license key.