XP activation problem

[Robin Boulton]

(apologies for cross-posting and also hoping this is sufficiently relevant:)


I’m trying to help someone whose hard drive crashed. We bought a new drive
and reinstalled everything, but XP insists that reactivation is needed since
it is now being installed on a different machine (duh!)

I’ve googled, etc., and found some information on playing around with
registry entries, and some other suggestions about meddling with files named
WPA.DBL and WPA.BAK. However I was hoping someone might have a simpler/more
elegant/less risky solution to suggest. I would go a long way to avoid
having to get on the phone to Microsoft – I really don’t want to spend a
whole day on this!

TIA for any assistance.

Robin.


Robin Boulton 
rboulton at linc.lib.il.us
IT Manager 
(630) 584 0076 x 258
St. Charles Public Library District
 Cell:  (630) 918 8738
St. Charles, IL 60174 


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