XP Activation probs again..

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Is your XP genuine Microsoft or a copy? SP2 defeats some activation
workarounds that worked prior to SP2.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"john" <fionnkool@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:iy3Td.48273$Z14.34974@news.indigo.ie...
> Sometime ago I mentioned here that my compaq 1200 asks to be activated at
> every reststart,
> Michael Solomon gave me a fix but the problem has reoccured and the fix
> does not work
> this time.
> The fix was to start in safe mode and type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
> and...licdll.dll"
> thanks in advance.
>

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

John, after registering the files as I previously suggested, do you then run
activation? If not, follow the procedure I previously gave you and then
activate and see if that resolves the issue.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"john" <fionnkool@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:iy3Td.48273$Z14.34974@news.indigo.ie...
> Sometime ago I mentioned here that my compaq 1200 asks to be activated at
> every reststart,
> Michael Solomon gave me a fix but the problem has reoccured and the fix
> does not work
> this time.
> The fix was to start in safe mode and type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
> and...licdll.dll"
> thanks in advance.
>