problems activating xp

[Crunch]

Having just reformatted. When i click to activate on the
xp activation notice it just disppears and nothing
happens... WHY!!?? also cant access windows update page..
Any ideas?????

[rifleman]

"Crunch" > wrote in message
...
> Having just reformatted. When i click to activate on the
> xp activation notice it just disppears and nothing
> happens... WHY!!?? also cant access windows update page..
> Any ideas?????

Are you connected to the Internet when you try this?

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 05:03:33 -0800, Crunch wrote:

> Having just reformatted. When i click to activate on the
> xp activation notice it just disppears and nothing
> happens... WHY!!?? also cant access windows update page..
> Any ideas?????

Suggestion:
--Check that the Cryptographic Service is started. Startup Type should be
Automatic.

--Start> Run
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
Click OK.

--Repeat for
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

--Try activating again.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User