Xp home sp2 repaired now getting activation nag

Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of xp
home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive stopped
working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After switching
drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2 sometimes causes
this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any event
that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input if I
can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a clean
install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of been
faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Reboot to Safe Mode:
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.
Activate aga

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input if
I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a clean
install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Hi Jupiter

No luck. I still get the 30 day nag screen and when I click on it I get the
all ready activated screen and can't go no further.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode:
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.
Activate aga

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input
if I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a
clean install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

windows xp has built in security so that when there is some major changes to
hardware or with the os that it will go through and get you to activate
windows again. I work on sp2 support, get alot of calls with the same issue,
most of the time we have to get people to try and get a new product key from
the manufacturer and that resolves the issue. Is your computer a
manufactured one, like Dell, etc..., if so then contact them and get a new
one.


"Rick" wrote:

Hi Jupiter

No luck. I still get the 30 day nag screen and when I click on it I get the
all ready activated screen and can't go no further.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode:
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.
Activate aga

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input
if I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a
clean install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Rick,

I don't know the answer to your immediate problem, but in future make a
backup of c:\windows\system32\wpw.dbl on a floppy. After you've reinstalled,
just put it back (you might have to be in safe mode when you do it).

regards Tony


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input if
I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a clean
install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Thanks Tony that's good advise. I wished I would have known that earlier. I
will call for a new key
Thanks all
"Tony Luxton" wrote in message
...
Rick,

I don't know the answer to your immediate problem, but in future make a
backup of c:\windows\system32\wpw.dbl on a floppy. After you've
reinstalled,
just put it back (you might have to be in safe mode when you do it).

regards Tony


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input
if
I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a
clean
install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Try a Repair Installation again:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi Jupiter

No luck. I still get the 30 day nag screen and when I click on it I get
the all ready activated screen and can't go no further.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode:
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu

Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.
Activate aga

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version
of xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input
if I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a
clean install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

Rick,

I made a slight typo there. That's wpa.dbl.

regards Tony.


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Thanks Tony that's good advise. I wished I would have known that earlier.
I will call for a new key
Thanks all
"Tony Luxton" wrote in message
...
Rick,

I don't know the answer to your immediate problem, but in future make a
backup of c:\windows\system32\wpw.dbl on a floppy. After you've
reinstalled,
just put it back (you might have to be in safe mode when you do it).

regards Tony


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am working on a HP Pavilion desktop machine that had a legit version
of
xp home sp2 installed on it. The chief complaint was the floppy drive
stopped working along with some spyware I successfully removed . After
switching drives and cables, I did some searching and found that SP2
sometimes causes this problem.

I booted the machine to a legit copy of xp home sp1 I had and used the
repair feature were you select the R instead of a new install. In any
event that cured the problem and I now have a working system with sp1.

The problem now is I keep getting the register in 30 days nag screen.
However when I open the screen up to activate it wont let me proceed
advising it's already activated. I have the legitimate numbers to input
if
I can get to that screen.

Any suggestions appreciated as I don't want to start all over with a
clean
install.

Again to reiterate both Xp cd's are legit and I have the keys.

If I attempt this in the future is there a way to avoid this problem. I
apparently missed a step someplace. Looking back I suppose it would of
been faster to repair the Xp Home and redown load SP1.

Thanks in advance

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 07:47:06 -0800, char33

windows xp has built in security

In this case, built-in commercial malware, more likely :-)

so that when there is some major changes to hardware or
with the os that it will go through and get you to activate
windows again.

XP does have built-in security features, but Product Activation is not
one of them. It has nothing to do with protecting you from malware,
stopping the wrong people accessing the wrong files, etc. It is
solely concerned with preventing piracy of Windows XP.

I work on sp2 support, get alot of calls with the same issue,
most of the time we have to get people to try and get a new product
key from the manufacturer and that resolves the issue.

A rather drastic requirement, don't you think?

Is your computer a manufactured one, like Dell, etc...

IKWYM, but it's amusing to think of a computer that is not
manufactured. Grown in a VAT, perhaps? ;-)

if so then contact them and get a new one.

Perhaps we should thrash this out to find *why* this is happening.
The only quasi-legitimate cause would be where the user used a
well-known stolen volume license key, which SP2 recognises and reacts
to as such. SP1 would refuse to install on such PCs; not sure whether
SP2 is content to do just that, or is bloody-minded enough to DoS.



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