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Cannot activate Windows
Name: Garlicbread Date: March 4, 2009 at 13:53:18 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 CPU/Ram: 1.5 Ghz/ 1GB Subcategory: Installation
Comment:
Hello,
I am unable to activate an OEM copy of Windows XP professional. Specifically, at the logon I receive the message "This copy of windows has not been activated".
I then try to log in to windows to activate it. I receive a prompt saying that before I am able to log in I must activate windows. I am able to select either "yes" or "no" .
When I select "yes" the machine starts to load windows but then automatically logs out and returns me to the log in screen.
How do I get past this problem to activate windows?
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