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When I reregistered the files, a dialog box came with succeeded message.
Since it's not working, my friend wanted me to format the hd and reinstall
xp. When I did that, I don't get an option to enter the product key. I
proceeded to update sp2. After the update, genuine windows utility was
downloaded to check so that the computer can receive updates. That failed.
I don't have an option to activate windows in system tools. I reinstalled XP
and it's the same problem, don't have option to activate windows. The
computer is a dell computer with XP home edition cd. How can I activate
windows.
Thanks
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You wouldn't want to use System Restore at this point anyhow, as the points
> were from before the registry corruption. You should just disable, then
> restart System Restore to clear the corrupt points.
>
> What happened when you tried to reregister the .dll files?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:66952149-E759-4C33-8A18-E2FF28913EC3@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Rick,
> > Thanks for replying. I could not find the keys that are listed in your
> > website. I also did a search in registry for the Cryptography key but did
> > not find any in HKEY_USERS. What's puzzling me when I click on System
> > Restore to complete the last step of Microsoft's guide I get System
> > Restore
> > encountered a problem and needs to close. I could not make anything out
> > of
> > the technical report it created. I thought maybe System Restore is
> > stopped/disabled in services and tried to open Services and got Microsoft
> > Management Console has encountered a problem and needs to close. Thinking
> > that all the problems are related to the Microsoft Activation. One more
> > information is the computer is a Dell computer where XP came installed on
> > it.
> > Therefore no need to use a crack.
> > Thanks again
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Follow the steps here in Safe mode:
> >>
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Activation
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>
> >> "Mani" <Mani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:BD786E85-3FD1-4555-8C35-E0A75CE7EF1C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > My friends computer was getting "Windows XP could not start because
> >> > the
> >> > following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
> >> > error.
> >> > I followed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us and recovered.
> >> > When
> >> > trying to log in, was being prompted that he needs to Activate Windows.
> >> > When
> >> > I click on either Yes or No to that dialog, the log in screen comes
> >> > back
> >> > up.
> >> > Can go into Safe Mode but cannot use System Restore. Was getting an
> >> > error
> >> > occured and needs to close. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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