Windows reinstall went BAD, activation issues… ?

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1. L.N. says:

   January 25, 2010 at 1:31 am

   How to activate Windows XP by phone
   To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:

   1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.

   Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
   2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to active Windows now.
   3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement, click Back, and then click Next.
   4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box, and then click Next.

   Note The number appears now and differs based on the location that you select.
   5. When activation is completed and you receive the following message, click OK.
   You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.

   If you can’t do this then your install is pretty hosed.

   Addendum: A repair install does not completely reinitialize the registry. It is quite possible to do and still not have a working computer. The surest way is to remove the old partition a do a clean install. You lose everything when you do this of course.

   And you can also try a parallel install which is installing a second copy to another directory besides C:\WINDOWS. You will have to reinstall all of your applications, but your data should still be under c:\Documents and Settings. You will have an option to select which install to boot at startup.

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