windows activation

[Jayne]

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i had to reinstall windows xp last week after system pack
2 rubbished my puter, but at the time i didnt put in the
activation code. i have been to accesories>system tools,
but there isnt a activation thinkg to click, i have been
to start and run and typed in that oobe thing and my
puter says it cannot locate it, i am not getting the
bubble up to remind me to activate either, so........am i
still activated from the first time, or is my puter still
faulty. I dont know if the hard drive was reformatted
either so dont ask me that. LOL

 

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Jayne wrote:
> i had to reinstall windows xp last week after system pack
> 2 rubbished my puter, but at the time i didnt put in the
> activation code. i have been to accesories>system tools,
> but there isnt a activation thinkg to click, i have been
> to start and run and typed in that oobe thing and my
> puter says it cannot locate it, i am not getting the
> bubble up to remind me to activate either, so........am i
> still activated from the first time, or is my puter still
> faulty. I dont know if the hard drive was reformatted
> either so dont ask me that. LOL


If you have an OEM license and the computer's manufacturer uses
BIOS-locking, the OS won't require activation unless you try to
install it on a computer other than the one to which the license
belongs.

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Hi

Did you enter the 'oobe' command correctly:

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

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"Jayne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:604e01c49253$f4819390$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>i had to reinstall windows xp last week after system pack
> 2 rubbished my puter, but at the time i didnt put in the
> activation code. i have been to accesories>system tools,
> but there isnt a activation thinkg to click, i have been
> to start and run and typed in that oobe thing and my
> puter says it cannot locate it, i am not getting the
> bubble up to remind me to activate either, so........am i
> still activated from the first time, or is my puter still
> faulty. I dont know if the hard drive was reformatted
> either so dont ask me that. LOL

 

[Guest]

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>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Did you enter the 'oobe' command correctly:
>
>%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>thank you Will, i copied and pasted that into run and it
came up windows alrady activated!!!!! but i may add that
on the help instructions that isnt written the way have
it, so no wonder it didnt work.
Your a little gem thank you, so it must of stayed
activated.
Thank you
Jayne
>"Jayne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:604e01c49253$f4819390$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>i had to reinstall windows xp last week after system
pack
>> 2 rubbished my puter, but at the time i didnt put in
the
>> activation code. i have been to accesories>system
tools,
>> but there isnt a activation thinkg to click, i have
been
>> to start and run and typed in that oobe thing and my
>> puter says it cannot locate it, i am not getting the
>> bubble up to remind me to activate either,
so........am i
>> still activated from the first time, or is my puter
still
>> faulty. I dont know if the hard drive was reformatted
>> either so dont ask me that. LOL
>
>
>.
>