Activation code problem?

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Blackadder

Hello,

First off. My copy of WindowsXP is original and I've been using it for
awhile and had no problems.

I faithfully do the updates and run it smoothly.

However, recently I did a hardware update from the Windows update page for
the JMicron JMB36X Controller

And almost straight away I had the Windows Activation popup come up- asking
me to activate it. I inputed the original code I had- but got the error
message that its been activated before....

I did a google search and it seems that other pple have similar problems.
One way to solve it is a total reformat and clean installation of XP.

Any other suggestions?
 
Try the following:

1. Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us

2. Go to Start > Run and type: %systemroot%\system32 then press the Enter key.

3. Locate these two files: wpa.dbl and wpa.bak

4. Rename the wpa.dbl file to wpaold.dbl and wpa.bak to wpaold.bak

5. Reboot your computer into Normal Mode. This will force activation on the following boot. Sometimes if those files get corrupted, they can cause this type of problem.

If the above procedure does not solve the problem, then try:

Guided Help to remove the script that interferes with Windows activation: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us


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| Hello,
|
| First off. My copy of WindowsXP is original and I've been using it for
| awhile and had no problems.
|
| I faithfully do the updates and run it smoothly.
|
| However, recently I did a hardware update from the Windows update page for
| the JMicron JMB36X Controller
|
| And almost straight away I had the Windows Activation popup come up- asking
| me to activate it. I inputed the original code I had- but got the error
| message that its been activated before....
|
| I did a google search and it seems that other pple have similar problems.
| One way to solve it is a total reformat and clean installation of XP.
|
| Any other suggestions?
 
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