Hi there Some help needed - have a completely legit copy of Win XP that I am trying to activate over the net. Laptop keeps dialling up, saying it is activating, then verifying activation... then, however, it tells me: Unable to establish a connection with the activation server. Please check your network settings and confirm that you are able to connect to the internet, then try again. Message number: 32777 Microsoft has an article on this, and tells me it is something to do with an incorrect system clock, or hardware or BIOS problems, or something. I have gone into what I assume to be the system clock (I don't know much about these things), in the BIOS, and it is spot on. I have now tried reinstalling Windows XP - same problem. Any advice most gratefully received to a baffling problem. Thanks... Jeremy PS The microsoft article is at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q306/1/53.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Jeremy set your time correctly by going to Time.gov. Click on your state and it should set it for you. Kevin.

Thanks Kevin - I am actually currently living in France, unfortunately... do you know of anything similar for Europe? J.