I have two Dell Pc's. Inadvertantly I used the wrong reinstall of Windows XP

on the wrong PC. The install was successful, but now when I try to start my

computer I am in a loop of trying to activate the microsoft software. I

believe the problem is that the software I have loaded is already active on

my other pc under a different product code so it will not allow me to

register it. So it keeps logging me off and bringing me to the sign in

screen...help!! What do i do now?

lauraB <lauraB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:



>What do i do now?



Use the RIGHT reinstall disc to correct your "error".

"lauraB" <lauraB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote=

>I have two Dell Pc's. Inadvertantly I used the wrong reinstall of Windows

>XP

> on the wrong PC. The install was successful, but now when I try to start

> my

> computer I am in a loop of trying to activate the microsoft software. I

> believe the problem is that the software I have loaded is already active

> on

> my other pc under a different product code so it will not allow me to

> register it. So it keeps logging me off and bringing me to the sign in

> screen...help!! What do i do now?



Activation issues shouldn't cause the behavior you're reporting.  Why not

just do a reinstall with the proper media?



--

Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

How do I do that? I keep getting the message "This copy of Windows must be

activated with Microsoft before you can logon. Do you want to activate now?"

When I click "yes" It gets to the internet but then logs me off and takes me

back to the login screen. When I click "No" it logs me off and take me back

to the login screen.



What am I missing?



"Rock" wrote:



> "lauraB" <lauraB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote= 

>

> Activation issues shouldn't cause the behavior you're reporting.  Why not

> just do a reinstall with the proper media?

>

> --

> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

>

>

"lauraB" <lauraB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote[vbcol=seagreen]

> How do I do that? I keep getting the message "This copy of Windows must be

> activated with Microsoft before you can logon. Do you want to activate

> now?"

> When I click "yes" It gets to the internet but then logs me off and takes

> me

> back to the login screen. When I click "No" it logs me off and take me

> back

> to the login screen.

>

> What am I missing?

>

> "Rock" wrote:

> 





You don't have to login to do a reinstall with the proper media.  Just

follow the installations instructions for the media you have.



--

Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rename wpa.dbl and wpa.bak in the windows\system32 folder and do a

repair install.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:35:22 -0800, "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote:



>"lauraB" <lauraB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote 

>

>

>You don't have to login to do a reinstall with the proper media.  Just

>follow the installations instructions for the media you have.