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windows product needs to be activated in 7 days

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  • 25-01-2010 1:03pm
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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭


    Ok, ive a dell laptop for about 4 or so years, all of a sudden at bootup i get a small grey box saying "This windows product needs to be activated in 7 days, yes or no)" I click yes and another box comes up saying this version of windows is allready activated?

    Whats going on?

    Im running XP Service pack 3?

    The windows cd also is a corparate one with no product key as it was an ex business machine from a previous job i had.


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Can it still connect to the net?
    IF you need a serial number of your Operating system to be found, a copy of ROCKXP (here) might be useful for retrieving it.


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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Thanks i'll take a look. its strange it says it needs to be activated when its allready activated!


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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    The problem is that when i go to reactivate xp it says it is already activated!!! So no luck.


    Update, seems its a service pack 3 problem/bug. Ive had to use a activation patch for service pack 3, which is ironic that ive had to use one of these patches on a genuine microsoft windows xp install!


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