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From: "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" on 12 Feb 2005 15:30 Hi Tom, See the latter part of this article: http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Activation -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Tom" <Tom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B14FCF73-606B-4984-9E9C-AF76E078E695(a)microsoft.com... > WIndows XP Home, Toshiba laptop > After restoring the system to it's earlier time, I keep getting the > following message when I try to login. "This copy of windows must be > activated with Microsoft before you login. Do you want to activate?". > After > clicking on OK it logs off, won't log in. I dont' know what to do...
From: mark on 13 Feb 2005 10:33 I don't understand how he is going to boot into Safe Mode in order to try these solutions is the activation message won't let him logon. Is it possible to still boot into Safe Mode if the machine is not activated? mark "Tom" <Tom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B14FCF73-606B-4984-9E9C-AF76E078E695(a)microsoft.com... > WIndows XP Home, Toshiba laptop > After restoring the system to it's earlier time, I keep getting the > following message when I try to login. "This copy of windows must be > activated with Microsoft before you login. Do you want to activate?". > After > clicking on OK it logs off, won't log in. I dont' know what to do...
From: "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" on 13 Feb 2005 13:41 Usually, yes. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "mark" <majusa(a)mfire.com> wrote in message news:ONAedFeEFHA.2232(a)TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... >I don't understand how he is going to boot into Safe Mode in order to try >these solutions is the activation message won't let him logon. Is it >possible to still boot into Safe Mode if the machine is not activated? > > mark > > "Tom" <Tom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B14FCF73-606B-4984-9E9C-AF76E078E695(a)microsoft.com... >> WIndows XP Home, Toshiba laptop >> After restoring the system to it's earlier time, I keep getting the >> following message when I try to login. "This copy of windows must be >> activated with Microsoft before you login. Do you want to activate?". >> After >> clicking on OK it logs off, won't log in. I dont' know what to do... > >
From: mark on 13 Feb 2005 15:16
I did not know that... Maybe this link will help?... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330136 mark "Tom" <Tom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B14FCF73-606B-4984-9E9C-AF76E078E695(a)microsoft.com... > WIndows XP Home, Toshiba laptop > After restoring the system to it's earlier time, I keep getting the > following message when I try to login. "This copy of windows must be > activated with Microsoft before you login. Do you want to activate?". > After > clicking on OK it logs off, won't log in. I dont' know what to do... |