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You are probably about the 15th person within the last 2 months that has experianced the same<br />
Exact issue with doing a repair on XP and have an Activation issue.<br />
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There seems to be a bug in the Activator and Windows loading to complete the task.<br />
I am unsure if there is a fix for this.<br />
BUT. If you are able to backup your stuff, then I strongly suggest a Reinstall of the system.<br />
(If you are able to get onto your Desktop, then you can packup through other means then the norm)<br />
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Carrzkiss
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You are probably about the 15th person within the last 2 months that has experianced the same
Exact issue with doing a repair on XP and have an Activation issue.

There seems to be a bug in the Activator and Windows loading to complete the task.
I am unsure if there is a fix for this.
BUT. If you are able to backup your stuff, then I strongly suggest a Reinstall of the system.
(If you are able to get onto your Desktop, then you can packup through other means then the norm)

Carrzkiss

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I know that the following is for SBS 2003, but it might work:<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932442" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932442</a>
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I know that the following is for SBS 2003, but it might work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932442 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932442]

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hi PriceD, both of those solutions u gave me require booting into safe mode or normal mode, neither of which i can do atm.
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hi PriceD, both of those solutions u gave me require booting into safe mode or normal mode, neither of which i can do atm.

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I've repaired Windows XP as per:<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI" rel="ugc">http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI</a><br />
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then applied SP2 from CD (as required by the set-up), when I log on I get a 'Windows needs to be activated before logging on' message, but when I select ok to activate nothing happens. Only the wallpaper is showing and nothing (task manager etc) will work, so I can't run anything.<br />
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Any ideas?
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I've repaired Windows XP as per:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#RI

then applied SP2 from CD (as required by the set-up), when I log on I get a 'Windows needs to be activated before logging on' message, but when I select ok to activate nothing happens. Only the wallpaper is showing and nothing (task manager etc) will work, so I can't run anything.

Any ideas?

Windows XP won't activate after repair

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.