Expired activation

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I had to replace my hard drive. When I reloaded Windows XP Pro I was asked to
activate, which I didn't do at that time. I lost my Internet connection and
sound at the same time. I restored my sound but not the Internet connection.
I did a phone activation and I thought it went thru. I was not on the
computer for several days. When I got on I had a message to activate. I did
the phone activation and was told DO NO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A VALID PRODUCT &
UNABLE TO PROCESS ACTIVATION. My computer is useless. What Can I do? PLEASE
HELP!!!!!

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:29:03 -0700, Mutt4U
<Mutt4U@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I had to replace my hard drive. When I reloaded Windows XP Pro I was asked to
>activate, which I didn't do at that time. I lost my Internet connection and
>sound at the same time. I restored my sound but not the Internet connection.
>I did a phone activation and I thought it went thru. I was not on the
>computer for several days. When I got on I had a message to activate. I did
>the phone activation and was told DO NO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A VALID PRODUCT &
>UNABLE TO PROCESS ACTIVATION. My computer is useless. What Can I do? PLEASE
>HELP!!!!!

In safe Mode.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current
Version\WPAEvents

In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.

Change at least one digit of first line value.

Reboot normally here.

The activation screen may come up if not type this in the
Run box
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

You will need your key from the back or bottom of your machine.
If you installed xp yourself, you will need that key.

Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to
activate Windows, and then click Next. Click Change the Product key.
Type the product key in the New key boxes, and then click Update. If
another Screen pops up-Click Remind me latter. Reboot. Then activate
by Internet-chose the phone dial-up option since you lost the normal
way to connect. In the US it should be a free call.

Greg Ro