Re: xp activation question

Drew wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> I have a HP Pavilion ze5600 notebook that was working find under
> Windows XP Home Ediition with Service Pack One on it.
>
> This was with a legal, perfectly ligit OEM factory install of XP.
> The COA sticker is still on the underside of notebook.
>
> After installing Service Pack 2, Windows boots up fine but has gone
> into the activation phase. I get a reminder down in the taskbar
> telling me "X days left for activation". I'm down to 26 days as I
> installed SP2 about 4 days ago.
>
> If I click on the activation icon, it brings up the screen where I can
> enter the 25 character key from the COA label on the back. I do this
> and attempt to activate over the Internet. After a moment, I'm told
> that the key is NOT valid.
>
> I can't figure out what's happening here. Have never seen the
> activation not work with a ligit copy of XP before.
>
> Very odd that Service Pack 2 broke it. It was fine under Service Pack
> One which also has the key validation.
>
> What should I do?

Have you tried the obvious step of calling Microsoft?

> Thanks!
> Drew

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