Hi guys,

I have an IBM Thinkpad T30 which I purchased used from jr.com.

It came with XP Pro installed on it.

I tried to activate it, using the key provided on the bottom of my
laptop; but try and try as I might, it wouldn't accept it.

So, I applied the registry edit crack that supposedly gets rid of the
activation process.  It worked, for a while.  I then updated all the
way to SP2, and am(was) running a current version of XP.
Unfortunately, now it won't let me get past the log-on screen.  It
tells me that I must activate windows now, and when I click "Yes" to
do so it says "Windows XP is already activated, click OK to exit".
When I click OK it just kicks me back to the logon screen.

Is there any way that I can fix this?  I can't access the Start menu,
or even the Task Manager!

Please help.

-Aaron