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Finally I was able to fix the Windows Product Activation issue. It was a long story, which could have been cut short with the right knowledge about the system so I will share some thoughts and hopefully be able to help somebody else.
No doubt - a new clean installation of Windows XP may be the best option to choose and fastest route to walk for a working Windows XP system - that is, not talking about data and most importantly - all the applications that have to be reinstalled, reactivated, configured, customized, etc. It is exactly that, what held me up from a clean slate install of Windows XP.
Fixing this error is rather easy, if you know what to do - actually, knowing what still works. As some of you may have experienced, even Ctrl+Alt+Del and task manager are out of the picture. Interestingly enough, after having the system sit there for a while, I noticed that the scheduler is still working. And that knowledge created a key access opportunity.
I went back and started Windows XP in Safe Mode with Command prompt. Note: This is the only boot option you have for accessing the system as admin (Safe Mode or Networking won't work, because they both rely on Explorer [the desktop], which won't load either. So you have to work with the Command prompt. Once you have access to that, you can access the scheduler with "AT". I downloaded "MS_WindowsXP_KeyUpdateTool_enu.exe" from Microsoft's web site and set the scheduler to launch this app. I then rebooted the system in regular boot mode. Once the error message popped up again (which was expected after the login), I selected "Yes", which we know doesn't do anything but fail the new registration. After a while, the registration window from "MS_WindowsXP_KeyUpdateTool_enu.exe" came up and gave me the opportunity to type in the Windows XP product key of the system. After I had successfully reregistered, I had to reboot and the system was back in operation.
Please keep in mind, that some of the services were still not running. The Automatic Update for windows would not start nor the BIT (Background Intelligent Transfer) service, which is required for running Windows updates successfully. To fix that, I did a forceful reapply of Windows XP SP3, which pretty much fixed all issues and the known system was up and running like a charm. I did not have to worry about data nor about programs that had to be reinstalled, reconfigured and customized. Everything back in order as expected.
Good luck everyone!
Originally it was suggested that I use the original install CD to reinstall my copy of XP/Pro on my laptop.forgot to mention:
original problem was my wifi card would not work. At all.
At any rate, I did not read (ahead..) about saving the activation files from the windows\system32 directory (wpa.dbl) of the system, (ugh...)
I booted into cd, said install,
it found a partition (d:\windows), did a repair install
(I am presuming it booted with the CD as c: drive...)
Then I was given the following loverly error message:
Windows product activation (window title)
A problem has prevented Windows from accurately checking status of your license for this computer.
This copy of Windows is not active.
To proceed your copy musdt be activated with Microsoft Now.
Do you wish to proceed? Yes/NO.
It then (even if I do nothing) proceeds to reboot after 30 seconds...
and no,I cannot get into 'regular' mode, nor into safe mode, but I can go into safe/command line mode.
Now,. I also did follow a m$ article about trying to disable intereference from scripts preventing activation from running.
SO no I am up the proverbial creek without a paddle , as the system no longer boots.
please help...
(I did however back up the wpa.dbl file dated from 2008, (and just restored it), so perhaps at least it will stop auto-rebooting again...)
just rebooted into 'normal' mode, again, and it said,
saying yes, ,but just reset the system again...
help?
at least if I could get into activate in safe mode, I might be able to fix this...
I have just run a repair installation from a Windows XP Home CD SP3 (Dell OEM CD) for an HP Pavilion unit, which was not able to boot any longer.
The repair installation of Windows XP seemed to have worked as the computer is now able to boot. I get to the logon screen and see the old username of "HP_Owner".
However, after logging into the system, I get the following message pop-up:
Title: Windows Product Activation
Message: A problem has prevented Windows from accurately checking the status of the license for this computer. To proceed your copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft. Do you want to activate Windows now?
If I hit No, Windows logs off and presents the login screen. If I hit Yes, the PC appears to be doing something, but the window only goes away and nothing happens further. Ctrl+Alt+Del will have no effect, not can I launch any other process to manually register Windows.
How can this problem be resolved? - Thank You!
Finally I was able to fix the Windows Product Activation issue. It was a long story, which could have been cut short with the right knowledge about the system so I will share some thoughts and hopefully be able to help somebody else.
No doubt - a new clean installation of Windows XP may be the best option to choose and fastest route to walk for a working Windows XP system - that is, not talking about data and most importantly - all the applications that have to be reinstalled, reactivated, configured, customized, etc. It is exactly that, what held me up from a clean slate install of Windows XP.
Fixing this error is rather easy, if you know what to do - actually, knowing what still works. As some of you may have experienced, even Ctrl+Alt+Del and task manager are out of the picture. Interestingly enough, after having the system sit there for a while, I noticed that the scheduler is still working. And that knowledge created a key access opportunity.
I went back and started Windows XP in Safe Mode with Command prompt. Note: This is the only boot option you have for accessing the system as admin (Safe Mode or Networking won't work, because they both rely on Explorer [the desktop], which won't load either. So you have to work with the Command prompt. Once you have access to that, you can access the scheduler with "AT". I downloaded "MS_WindowsXP_KeyUpdateTool_enu.exe" from Microsoft's web site and set the scheduler to launch this app. I then rebooted the system in regular boot mode. Once the error message popped up again (which was expected after the login), I selected "Yes", which we know doesn't do anything but fail the new registration. After a while, the registration window from "MS_WindowsXP_KeyUpdateTool_enu.exe" came up and gave me the opportunity to type in the Windows XP product key of the system. After I had successfully reregistered, I had to reboot and the system was back in operation.
Please keep in mind, that some of the services were still not running. The Automatic Update for windows would not start nor the BIT (Background Intelligent Transfer) service, which is required for running Windows updates successfully. To fix that, I did a forceful reapply of Windows XP SP3, which pretty much fixed all issues and the known system was up and running like a charm. I did not have to worry about data nor about programs that had to be reinstalled, reconfigured and customized. Everything back in order as expected.
Good luck everyone!
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