windows asks for product activation at logon

[Guest]

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Hi all, just a quick question as this is doing my noodle in. I have imaged my
old hard drive and put the image on a new hard drive as I was running out of
space. Now when I start my pc it comes up with this copy of windows must be
activated, do you want to do this now. so I say yes and the computer
re-starts and after a few minutes up come the activation window saying,
windows is all ready activated. So I click ok and it goes back to login and
when I log in again it just keeps repeating the process. so I put my old hard
drive back in and hey presto that one does exactly the same now, so now I am
at a loss and don’t really want to reinstall all of the OS. Any help or ideas
would be greatly appreciated.

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Steve Jones

 

[Ricky]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Try this..
Boot in Safe Mode
Start/Run
Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER

Reboot.

"Steve Jones" <SteveJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsC9DDE30-B9E1-438C-AB26-C12F877144D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi all, just a quick question as this is doing my noodle in. I have imaged
> my
> old hard drive and put the image on a new hard drive as I was running out
> of
> space. Now when I start my pc it comes up with this copy of windows must
> be
> activated, do you want to do this now. so I say yes and the computer
> re-starts and after a few minutes up come the activation window saying,
> windows is all ready activated. So I click ok and it goes back to login
> and
> when I log in again it just keeps repeating the process. so I put my old
> hard
> drive back in and hey presto that one does exactly the same now, so now I
> am
> at a loss and don't really want to reinstall all of the OS. Any help or
> ideas
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Steve Jones

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

No that did not fix the problem, thanks anyway
--
Steve Jones


"Ricky" wrote:

> Try this..
> Boot in Safe Mode
> Start/Run
> Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
> Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER
>
> Reboot.
>
> "Steve Jones" <SteveJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsC9DDE30-B9E1-438C-AB26-C12F877144D6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all, just a quick question as this is doing my noodle in. I have imaged
> > my
> > old hard drive and put the image on a new hard drive as I was running out
> > of
> > space. Now when I start my pc it comes up with this copy of windows must
> > be
> > activated, do you want to do this now. so I say yes and the computer
> > re-starts and after a few minutes up come the activation window saying,
> > windows is all ready activated. So I click ok and it goes back to login
> > and
> > when I log in again it just keeps repeating the process. so I put my old
> > hard
> > drive back in and hey presto that one does exactly the same now, so now I
> > am
> > at a loss and don't really want to reinstall all of the OS. Any help or
> > ideas
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Jones
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Is the new HD from a different manufacturer, and of a larger capacity than the old?
By chance, did you ever install XP-Antispy ?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Steve Jones wrote:
> No that did not fix the problem, thanks anyway
>
>> Try this..
>> Boot in Safe Mode
>> Start/Run
>> Type "regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll" ENTER
>> Type "regsvr32.exe licdll.dll" ENTER
>>
>> Reboot.
>>
>> "Steve Jones" <SteveJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsC9DDE30-B9E1-438C-AB26-C12F877144D6@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi all, just a quick question as this is doing my noodle in. I have
>>> imaged my
>>> old hard drive and put the image on a new hard drive as I was
>>> running out of
>>> space. Now when I start my pc it comes up with this copy of windows
>>> must be
>>> activated, do you want to do this now. so I say yes and the computer
>>> re-starts and after a few minutes up come the activation window
>>> saying, windows is all ready activated. So I click ok and it goes
>>> back to login and
>>> when I log in again it just keeps repeating the process. so I put
>>> my old hard
>>> drive back in and hey presto that one does exactly the same now, so
>>> now I am
>>> at a loss and don't really want to reinstall all of the OS. Any
>>> help or ideas
>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve Jones