Question: again, in the same vein as some other posters, but on the license sticker, does it describe what SP level of XP was installed? No SP? My suspicion is that you didn't install with actual Dell media at all.
During the activation process, you should be given the option to activate by phone. Go ahead and call the number, and the people at the MS Activation Center should be able to help you out. I've had to do this a few times when weird things happened on an activation, and it's usually relatively painless. This is correct but they could not help me out?? They said that they don't support this product anymore. Tried to go to the activiate by telephone but it will not give me a Unique ID or activation ID, the only thing that is there is the place holders where you enter the activation key?
I am not sure what to do!!!! It's supposed to be supported for a couple more months, but yes- support's pretty much dead for XP. China's trying to get support extended, but seriously I'm on the fence for that one. I think there's too many exploitable problems that can be thrown at XP to really bother with it- windows 7 would probably be your next best bet, but support for that isn't going to last forever either GoodwinTek is an IT service provider.
Even though this probably wont work, you can try a system restore. After backing up any critical information and manually creating a restore point of your machine how it sits right now. Let's backup the truck for a minute. If you have the Dell install media for that computer, just do a repair install of Windows or a completely fresh install.
I do not know why you got the message about the copy not being activated We have hundreds of Dell pcs, and you just don't get prompted for activation with their install media Your Windows XP version does not match the key on the sticker.
Either use the CD that matches the key, or the key that matches the installed CD. Or call the activation line and fight with the nice people overseas There isn't any reason to go nuts on activation or any of that fun stuff. And it's something you should have done in the first place. If it's a new install, don't leave the crap from others on there. I had this same problem before I was on phone for awhile with microsoft.
I had to reinstall the OS. Problem 2 - Best bet is going to be what has already been suggested - wipe it and reinstall using the original media.
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Installation note: In the following Install Instructions, please start at the step after the mention of clicking the Download button. Use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Starting up your computer in this mode will bypass the Windows activation loop long enough for you to reset the timer for your XP trial.
You'll need to wait a minute or so for Safe Mode to load. Type " explorer. You should see a dialogue window pop up after doing so. You may need to wait for a minute or so before the window comes up. Click Yes. This may also say OK. After doing so, you should notice that your desktop interface is now accessible. This will bring up the Run tool from which you can complete the fix.
Type " rundll This command resets the Windows XP trial clock to 30 days. When your welcome screen finishes loading, you should be able to log in like usual rather than being stuck in the activation loop. You have a certain period of time to activate Windows. After this period, Windows will be stuck on the login screen in an activation loop. Not Helpful 16 Helpful Can I do this more than once?
I have already done the 30 days one, a. Step 3. Nothing I do is working this time around. You can only rearm the timer up to four times while in the grace period, or two times in safe mode.
Not Helpful 2 Helpful Not Helpful 6 Helpful If you are in safe mode, boot into safe mode with command prompt and type in: explorer. Technically the operating system is still loaded; its just limited great if you can't load xp. Not Helpful 10 Helpful Microsoft stopped support for Windows XP on April 8, , and it is no longer being updated.
If there is a bug, then it will never be fixed. Not Helpful 7 Helpful Not Helpful 3 Helpful It was going fine until I came to activation, which it would not allow in safe mode.
So I restarted, and it said, "Do you want to activate Windows now? Press 'OK' to exit". I pressed OK and it kicked me back to the login screen. Any ideas? You might be able to get out of this loop using the following steps.
Not sure if this is a permanent fix or only for 30 days. Start in plain safe mode. Login using an administrator user account. Run CMD as admin. Type these commands and press Enter. Then click OK on each of the following prompts: regsvr32 regwizc. Type this last command type exactly as what you see here : rundll Wait for a couple of minutes because the last command will not show anything on the screen.
However, it will reset the licensing components in the background. Then restart your computer and log-on back to your normal Windows. Not Helpful 46 Helpful From there you can give administrator rights and change or delete the current administrator. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. Is there a limit to the number of times I can reset the loop?
Method 3 described above. I'd done it successfully 5 or 6 times, but now it is not resetting. There should be a limit. If it is allowing for more than four times, then it is a bug in Windows that is allowing you to reset it more often. Not Helpful 5 Helpful 1. Use the telephone option. They will ask if you want to use your smartphone to activate it. Say yes and punch in the phone number.
You will get a text message with a link. Follow the steps and it will activate. Not Helpful 23 Helpful 9. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Since official support for Windows XP ceased in April of , you won't be able to speak to a customer service representative, and over the internet. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. The linked product keys may not work, in which case you should use the Winkey Finder to help activate Windows XP.
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