How to stop XP asking for activation when it's already activated

My laptop is already activated with XP but every time I reboot, it
asks me to activate again.

I first activated it a few months ago, having just bought it as new
from Ebay. It didn't come with an installation CD but has a sticker
with the XP
serial number. A few days ago, it started giving me the activation
screen again each time I re-booted. So I have to go through the whole
ritual each time. It DOES successfully activate each time - it says so
- so this doesn't look like a problem with a pirate copy. Nor is it a
problem with the 30 days grace period having expired.

Also, this isn't the problem that some people have had, whereby they
are told to activate and then it says "already activated" -- but the
30 day counter carries on ticking down. My counter doesn't seem to be
decreasing.

Nor have I made any system changes.

Any ideas?

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 again
Reboot

Hopefully your laptop came with a Recovery partition, you may need it or you
may have to buy Windows XP.

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


"J Jenkins" wrote in message
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My laptop is already activated with XP but every time I reboot, it
asks me to activate again.

I first activated it a few months ago, having just bought it as new
from Ebay. It didn't come with an installation CD but has a sticker
with the XP
serial number. A few days ago, it started giving me the activation
screen again each time I re-booted. So I have to go through the whole
ritual each time. It DOES successfully activate each time - it says so
- so this doesn't look like a problem with a pirate copy. Nor is it a
problem with the 30 days grace period having expired.

Also, this isn't the problem that some people have had, whereby they
are told to activate and then it says "already activated" -- but the
30 day counter carries on ticking down. My counter doesn't seem to be
decreasing.

Nor have I made any system changes.

Any ideas?