Normally Windows does not force you to active until the 30 days are up.įrom my personal experience, the 30 rule works on OEM XP, even when it is put on a non-OEM PC. That logically happens after 30 days is up. It is not logical to refuse a new install to function because it was not activated. And if you call MS, they can not help you either.

And if is not activated, you can not update the driver. It seems that if the NIC does not function, there is not way to activate Windows. Without the system running, he could not do anything. When you install XP you have 30 days to activate the product. The link to Leo indicates that even the MS experts don't understand it. I googled this problem a little but anything a saw seems to point me toward doing something with the registry, and I ain't doing that unless someone here points me that way. I should point out that I have my Windows XP CD, tried rebooting with that in but it doesnt do anything. Safe mode seems OK, but what can you do in safe mode?īasically I'm stuck in a loop, and i can't get into windows normally. if i click YES, it says windows already activated, click OK but it then brings me back to the first message saying I need to activate. Now after its rebooted, it says i must activate windows before I log on. So I had a friend (who is out of town now of course) fix that problem, did a reformat, added 1 gig of ram, and things have been working great until today. I'm on a Windows XP pro desktop, and have had some problems the last few months I thought were resolved but now I have this problem, my previous problem was discussed here.

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