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I just had to reformat my pc, and after i got done installing windows xp pro,
i went to activate it but it got all screwy, now when i turn on my pc it
still says i need to activate it but when i click on the icon, it says that
windows is already activated, what do i do? i was told its something in the
reg, but i have no idea

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Hi,
copy the text following,the save it as a *.reg file.

----Begin(do not copy)------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
"OOBETimer"=hex:

----End(do not copy)------

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> I just had to reformat my pc, and after i got done installing windows xp
pro,
> i went to activate it but it got all screwy, now when i turn on my pc it
> still says i need to activate it but when i click on the icon, it says
that
> windows is already activated, what do i do? i was told its something in
the
> reg, but i have no idea

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