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Ed - 29 Oct 2003 02:11 GMT

I lost my hard drive and during the re-installation, it
locked up after 2nd re-installation. Third time was charm
but it did not ask for a key code. Now I get a message
after rebooting that Windows XP need to be activated. When
I click on it, it then says, Product is already activated.
I did try it under the administrator account and no go. I
have 25 days to go and it took 4 day to get it almost back
to normal. Any quick fixes for this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Ed

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Jon Martinez - 29 Oct 2003 04:01 GMT

Had a similiar experience. I contacted Microsft and they
gave me another key code to enter.

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>I lost my hard drive and during the re-installation, it
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Ron Martell - 29 Oct 2003 20:40 GMT

>I lost my hard drive and during the re-installation, it
>locked up after 2nd re-installation. Third time was charm
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>Thanks in advance,
>Ed

Try repairing the registry entries for the activation .DLL files

Use Start- Run and enter the following text in the dialog box:
regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll

Then do it again with the following text:
regsvr32.exe licdll.dll

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 29 Oct 2003 23:47 GMT

Ron,
I tried the repair on the registry entries, same results.
I rebooted and the system came up fine and the activation
message appeared in the tray. Clicking on it repeated the
same message, Windows is already activated, any other
ideas to try.
Thanks Ed

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Ron Martell - 31 Oct 2003 19:41 GMT

>Ron,
>I tried the repair on the registry entries, same results.
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>ideas to try.
>Thanks Ed

Try deleting the activation data files - wpa.dbl and wpa.bak - from
the \windows\system32 folder. Make sure you keep a backup copy of
these files "just in case".

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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