Need Help with XP activation

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I recently purchased a computer that I had someone build for me. He
installed Windows XP on the computer for me, however I guess he left it for
me to activate. Upon receiving the computer in the mail I found out that the
video card was blown and had no way of hooking up a monitor to the computer
b/c I have no onboard video neither. It took me a little over a month before
I finally got a new video card and now I have this problem upon turning on
the computer. Please Tell me what I can do!


When attempting logon,I receive the following message:

Windows Product Activation

"This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft
before you can log on. Do you want to activate Windows
now?

Yes No

After clicking yes, I am notified the Windows is already
activated, and I am brought back to the logon screen and
the process repeats.



I guess Windows has to be activated but I have no way of doing so.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:uE6oEyfiFHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
> Windows XP Logs You Off When You Try to Activate the Product
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;330136

This link might work better:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3330136

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