Carey said:Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in the
\Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of problem.
Carey said:Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located
in the \Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated
message. Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause
this type of problem.
Translation: WPA is flawed and the only people made to suffer are
paying customers while the crackers ROTFLTAO.
Need to Know said:I had the same thing last week. In my case, I added a new Vid Card, DVDRW
and a SCSI card. MS told me that this is their way of preventing piracy.
Evidently, XP (and 2K3) have algorythms that determine activation is
necessary if there is a significant change in the hardware of the system.
I suppose this helps to eliminate GHOSTing or CLONEing a system???
Okay, so like I says to MS, I've paid good money for this silly thing and
you prevent honest people from upgrading or otherwise changing the system
dynamics, to which they replied - "That's simply the way it is. We need to
protect our intelectual and copywright material" - so okay!!! NOT.
So the moral here is to NOT change the systemn too much (the exact changes
are not known, but you will soon find out).
BTW: when re-activating, do not try to do it on the phone (via the silly
girl answering machine). Go to a real person otherwise you will spend an
inordinant amount fo time trying to do this automaticall, then will have to
wind up waiting about 25 minutes to get i t re-activated - Waiting and
Wondering....
Quite Annoying
Okay, so like I says to MS, I've paid good money for this silly thing and
you prevent honest people from upgrading or otherwise changing the system
dynamics, to which they replied - "That's simply the way it is. We need to
protect our intelectual and copywright material" - so okay!!! NOT.
So the moral here is to NOT change the systemn too much (the exact changes
are not known, but you will soon find out).
Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:WPA= Windows Product Activation see this info
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
You can rename the files Carey mentioned to anything you want. I'd suggest
wpa1.old
wpa2.old
Yes reactive when prompted to do so.
--
Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
Me2Ewe said:What do the files get renamed to?
Should I try and re-activate also?
What is WPA?
Thanks for your help so far
B
I renamed the file but I did not have a wpa.bak file nothing changed until I
activated windows again, I still don't know what caused it to do that.
Thanks for your help
Bruce
Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:WPA= Windows Product Activation see this info
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
You can rename the files Carey mentioned to anything you want. I'd suggest
wpa1.old
wpa2.old
Yes reactive when prompted to do so.
--
Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
Me2Ewe said:What do the files get renamed to?
Should I try and re-activate also?
What is WPA?
Thanks for your help so far
B
Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in the
\Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of
problem.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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:
| I rebooted my PC this morning and got a message saying that I had to
| re-activate windows within 3 days.
| Anybody see this before I never downloaded anything & have had same XP
Pro
| for 3 + years, & cannot remember the License number now.
| Any Ideas
| Bruce
I renamed the file but I did not have a wpa.bak file nothing changed until I
activated windows again, I still don't know what caused it to do that.
Thanks for your help
Bruce
Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:WPA= Windows Product Activation see this info
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
You can rename the files Carey mentioned to anything you want. I'd suggest
wpa1.old
wpa2.old
Yes reactive when prompted to do so.
--
Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
What do the files get renamed to?
Should I try and re-activate also?
What is WPA?
Thanks for your help so far
B
Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in the
\Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of
problem.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
| I rebooted my PC this morning and got a message saying that I had to
| re-activate windows within 3 days.
| Anybody see this before I never downloaded anything & have had same XP
Pro
| for 3 + years, & cannot remember the License number now.
| Any Ideas
| Bruce
Why is anyone even worried about re-activating XP? As long as it's
the same machine (i.e., the same motherboard) on which XP was
orignally activated, there will be no problems. (This is for OEM
media).
I renamed the file but I did not have a wpa.bak file nothing changed until
I
activated windows again, I still don't know what caused it to do that.
Thanks for your help
Bruce
Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:WPA= Windows Product Activation see this info
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
You can rename the files Carey mentioned to anything you want. I'd
suggest
wpa1.old
wpa2.old
Yes reactive when prompted to do so.
--
Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
What do the files get renamed to?
Should I try and re-activate also?
What is WPA?
Thanks for your help so far
B
Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in
the
\Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of
problem.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
| I rebooted my PC this morning and got a message saying that I had to
| re-activate windows within 3 days.
| Anybody see this before I never downloaded anything & have had same
XP
Pro
| for 3 + years, & cannot remember the License number now.
| Any Ideas
| Bruce
Why is anyone even worried about re-activating XP? As long as it's
the same machine (i.e., the same motherboard) on which XP was
orignally activated, there will be no problems. (This is for OEM
media). OEM licenses allow one to reactivate the OS as MANY TIMES AS
IS NECESSARY, as long as it is the ORIGINAL MACHINE it was first
activated on. Even then, if one waits the full 120 days before
reactivating the software via the net, there should be no questions
asked, even with a NEW motherboard.
I have NEVER had to call the Activation Center to activate an OEM, nor
have I EVER been denied an activation via the Net.
With Full Retail media, you can reactivate your license on ANY
machine, since the license is transferable between machines (but only
one at a time, of course).
Howeve, if you have XP already already activated on a DIFFERENT
MACHINE, be preapared for a load of problems when you go to attempt to
activate the OS on a different machine.
Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread,
so that the conversation may continue undisturbed.
=========================================================
Me2Ewe said:This is getting away from original post.
Originally I said that all of a sudden when I rebooted a warning box
came up stating I had 3[Three] Days to activate XP Pro. I have had the
same program for 2+ years and only had to activate once and have never
seen this message before. It doesn't have anything to do with
installing xp or worrying about it I just wanted to know where it came
from and if it would shut me down after 3 days, but I was too chicken
to wait the 3 days
This is getting away from original post.
Originally I said that all of a sudden when I rebooted a warning box came up
stating I had 3[Three] Days to activate XP Pro. I have had the same program
for 2+ years and only had to activate once and have never seen this message
before. It doesn't have anything to do with installing xp or worrying about
it I just wanted to know where it came from and if it would shut me down
after 3 days, but I was too chicken to wait the 3 days
Bruce
I renamed the file but I did not have a wpa.bak file nothing changed until
I
activated windows again, I still don't know what caused it to do that.
Thanks for your help
Bruce
WPA= Windows Product Activation see this info
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
You can rename the files Carey mentioned to anything you want. I'd
suggest
wpa1.old
wpa2.old
Yes reactive when prompted to do so.
--
Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
What do the files get renamed to?
Should I try and re-activate also?
What is WPA?
Thanks for your help so far
B
Reboot your computer into "Safe Mode".
While in Safe Mode, rename the wpa.dbl and wpa.bak files located in
the
\Windows\system32 folder.
This will force activation on the following boot,
but should remove the message that you are already activated message.
Sometimes if these files get corrupted, they can cause this type of
problem.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:
| I rebooted my PC this morning and got a message saying that I had to
| re-activate windows within 3 days.
| Anybody see this before I never downloaded anything & have had same
XP
Pro
| for 3 + years, & cannot remember the License number now.
| Any Ideas
| Bruce
Why is anyone even worried about re-activating XP? As long as it's
the same machine (i.e., the same motherboard) on which XP was
orignally activated, there will be no problems. (This is for OEM
media). OEM licenses allow one to reactivate the OS as MANY TIMES AS
IS NECESSARY, as long as it is the ORIGINAL MACHINE it was first
activated on. Even then, if one waits the full 120 days before
reactivating the software via the net, there should be no questions
asked, even with a NEW motherboard.
I have NEVER had to call the Activation Center to activate an OEM, nor
have I EVER been denied an activation via the Net.
With Full Retail media, you can reactivate your license on ANY
machine, since the license is transferable between machines (but only
one at a time, of course).
Howeve, if you have XP already already activated on a DIFFERENT
MACHINE, be preapared for a load of problems when you go to attempt to
activate the OS on a different machine.
Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original newsgroup and thread,
so that the conversation may continue undisturbed.
=========================================================
Rock said:Need to Know wrote:
<snip>
Nothing is preventing the user from upgrading or changing system
components. With enough changes the need to reactive is triggered - but
that doesn't prevent you from making changes.
I had this problem today.Yesterday I changed my old CD-rom with the new
DVD-rom.And today it said that I have to re-active Windows within 3days.I
filled the old SN but it's denied.I must fill the new one.You said that
nothing is preventing user to upgrade.So can you show us how to change or
upgrade without this kind of problem!