Can't activate windows xp

[Joni]

It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @ uppermost
corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen when I
try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens. It's
registered.........Help Thanking in advance

[Will Denny]

Hi

Type the following into Start>Run:

C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A

do you get the blue screen still?

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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"Joni" > wrote in message
...
| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @ uppermost
| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen when I
| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens. It's
| registered.........Help Thanking in advance

Sorry to sound so cliche.............done that.......been
there..................it's after midnight and I'm still
on!!! I went into system summary and don't know what
file is/isn't showing if/ifnot activated to look for?
some event error reporting can't find a clue
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Type the following into Start>Run:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>do you get the blue screen still?
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>"Joni" > wrote in
message
...
>| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples
a
>| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try
to
>| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
uppermost
>| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
when I
>| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
It's
>| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>
>.
>

Also what is a shell user.........Unix by heart? Hate
windows???
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Type the following into Start>Run:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>do you get the blue screen still?
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>"Joni" > wrote in
message
...
>| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples
a
>| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try
to
>| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
uppermost
>| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
when I
>| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
It's
>| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>
>.
>

[*Vanguard*]

Joni said in :
> It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
> problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
> month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
> activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @ uppermost
> corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen when I
> try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens. It's
> registered.........Help Thanking in advance

So you were really all too busy in the last 28 days to activate?
Considering that it takes a long time to install AND get all your
applications installed, a minute to activate doesn't seem like a hell of
a lot of time.

You could try calling them. See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;prodoffer33a&sd=GN
for their contact info. You get 2 free incidents for Windows XP.
Hopefully getting their activation to work (and also getting them to fix
the BSOD so it doesn't occur ever) might not even cost you an incident,
but it could.

You could try booting from the install CD and using the Repair function
to see if it fixes the problem so msoobe.exe runs with causing the BSOD,
and then activate using the Internet connect method.

Have you ran a full scan using a recently updated anti-virus product?
How about running Ad-Aware, Spybot, CWShredder, and HijackThis to check
if you have malware or spyware installed?


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>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Type the following into Start>Run:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>do you get the blue screen still?
>
>--=20
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>"Joni" > wrote in=20
message
...
>| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples=20
a
>| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try=20
to
>| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @=20
uppermost
>| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen=20
when I
>| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens. =20
It's
>| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>
>.
>

[joni]

22:59:48,d:\xpsp1
\base\ntsetup\syssetup\cmdline.c,228,,SETUP:
SpSetupLoadParameter was unable to find runoobe.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Type the following into Start>Run:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>do you get the blue screen still?
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>"Joni" > wrote in
message
...
>| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples
a
>| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try
to
>| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
uppermost
>| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
when I
>| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
It's
>| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>
>.
>

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try this from Start>Run

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"joni" > wrote in message
...
| 22:59:48,d:\xpsp1
| \base\ntsetup\syssetup\cmdline.c,228,,SETUP:
| SpSetupLoadParameter was unable to find runoobe.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi
| >
| >Type the following into Start>Run:
| >
| >C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
| >
| >do you get the blue screen still?
| >
| >--
| >
| >Will Denny
| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| >
| >
| >"Joni" > wrote in
| message
| ...
| >| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
| >| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples
| a
| >| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try
| to
| >| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
| uppermost
| >| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
| when I
| >| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
| It's
| >| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
| >
| >.
| >

[*Vanguard*]

said in
:
> Also what is a shell user.........Unix by heart? Hate
> windows???


YOU use the shell everytime you use Windows. It's called the desktop.
It is the user interface provided. Under DOS, it was command.com as the
command-line interpreter. Under Windows, it is explorer.exe handling
the GUI desktop (although you can use a different shell since a registry
key lets you select what program to use).

same blue/tinywindows in corner screen!! WHAAAAAAAAAA
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Try this from Start>Run
>
>%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>"joni" > wrote in
message
...
>| 22:59:48,d:\xpsp1
>| \base\ntsetup\syssetup\cmdline.c,228,,SETUP:
>| SpSetupLoadParameter was unable to find runoobe.
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >Hi
>| >
>| >Type the following into Start>Run:
>| >
>| >C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>| >
>| >do you get the blue screen still?
>| >
>| >--
>| >
>| >Will Denny
>| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>| >
>| >
>| >"Joni" > wrote in
>| message
>| ...
>| >| It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>| >| problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from
Staples
>| a
>| >| month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I
try
>| to
>| >| activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
>| uppermost
>| >| corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
>| when I
>| >| try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
>| It's
>| >| registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>| >
>| >.
>| >
>
>.
>

[Jeremy Poynton]

"*Vanguard*" > wrote in message
...
> said in
> :
> > Also what is a shell user.........Unix by heart? Hate
> > windows???
>
>
> YOU use the shell everytime you use Windows. It's called the desktop.
> It is the user interface provided. Under DOS, it was command.com as the
> command-line interpreter. Under Windows, it is explorer.exe handling
> the GUI desktop (although you can use a different shell since a registry
> key lets you select what program to use).
>
So ... just being curious .,. why do you need to tell everyone about it ?
:-))
JP

[Ron Martell]

"Joni" > wrote:

>It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
>month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
>activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @ uppermost
>corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen when I
>try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens. It's
>registered.........Help Thanking in advance

Try this:

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

Then launch activation manually:
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Thanks Ron,
I was literally saved by the bell with one day left for
activating! Somehow through three customer service
people, and finally........... a foreign teckie walked me
thru a repair installation after failing in safe
mode..... with some of the commands you mentioned, but
his list was longer and didn't
work................HMMMMMMMMM!!! Now that I'm here I
see that my old user account(me,administrator, password
protected) is still available , as well as my old
settings, bookmarks, etc.Should I delete the "new" me
administrator as a user? I don't want to think something
will goof up again now that I'm activated!!! I have my
antivirus, Avast, installed again , as the MSMan made me
delete it-the shareware one I use. I don't know if I
should uninstall Win98? Let me know.........I'm so used
to my 98 still. Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>"Joni" > wrote:
>
>>It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>>problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
>>month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
>>activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
uppermost
>>corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
when I
>>try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
It's
>>registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>
>Try this:
>
>Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the
dialog box:
>regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
>
>Then do it again with the following text:
>regsvr32.exe licdll.dll
>
>Then launch activation manually:
>%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>--
>Microsoft MVP
>On-Line Help Computer Service
>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers
don't eat much."
>.
>

[*Vanguard*]

Jeremy Poynton said in :
> "*Vanguard*" > wrote in message
> ...
>> said in
>> :
>>> Also what is a shell user.........Unix by heart? Hate
>>> windows???
>>
>>
>> YOU use the shell everytime you use Windows. It's called the
>> desktop. It is the user interface provided. Under DOS, it was
>> command.com as the command-line interpreter. Under Windows, it is
>> explorer.exe handling the GUI desktop (although you can use a
>> different shell since a registry key lets you select what program to
>> use).
>>
> So ... just being curious .,. why do you need to tell everyone about
> it ? :-))
> JP

Because anonymous, obviously a Windows-only user that knows a few
tidbits about Unix, and about their own operating system, figured a
"shell" was something that only Unix has. Didn't you bother reading the
posts in the thread before adding your "elucidation"? You couldn't even
bother to read the copy of their post in my reply?

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[Ron Martell]

> wrote:

>Thanks Ron,
>I was literally saved by the bell with one day left for
>activating! Somehow through three customer service
>people, and finally........... a foreign teckie walked me
>thru a repair installation after failing in safe
>mode..... with some of the commands you mentioned, but
>his list was longer and didn't
>work................HMMMMMMMMM!!! Now that I'm here I
>see that my old user account(me,administrator, password
>protected) is still available , as well as my old
>settings, bookmarks, etc.Should I delete the "new" me
>administrator as a user? I don't want to think something
>will goof up again now that I'm activated!!! I have my
>antivirus, Avast, installed again , as the MSMan made me
>delete it-the shareware one I use. I don't know if I
>should uninstall Win98? Let me know.........I'm so used
>to my 98 still. Thanks

If the activation issue is resolved then I would leave things as they
are, at least until you are a bit more comfortable with working with
Windows XP.

If you are going to make changes, such as deleting a user or
uninstalling your old Windows 98, then you probably want to have a
full system backup, preferably a disk image, before doing so.

Good luck




>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Joni" > wrote:
>>
>>>It' was never activated on set-up because of a modem
>>>problem. Bought XP and doubled my memory from Staples a
>>>month ago..now I'm down to two days, every time I try to
>>>activate I get a blue screen with two boxes in @
>uppermost
>>>corners. Nada.....no 800 phone # , same blue screen
>when I
>>>try to from programs, acces. etc. Nothing happens.
>It's
>>>registered.........Help Thanking in advance
>>
>>Try this:
>>
>>Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the
>dialog box:
>>regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
>>
>>Then do it again with the following text:
>>regsvr32.exe licdll.dll
>>
>>Then launch activation manually:
>>%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>>
>>
>>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>>--
>>Microsoft MVP
>>On-Line Help Computer Service
>>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers
>don't eat much."
>>.
>>

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."