Sandman,

I have the same situation however I need to activate Windows ... when I went
to the system tools folder there was no activation icon. What do I do now?

"Sandman" wrote:

> Unless you have a personal reason to register your Windows XP install, it
> is not necessary, ;....'Activation' is, ...registering is not. Go to Start
> menu, Accessories, System Tools to 'activate' XP..
> "Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:56330B60-CE3E-4757-BBFC-5D554896D691@microsoft.com...
> > Have just set up XP on a Compaq LapTop. During set up I elected not to
> > register at that time as my ADSL line was not set up.
> > Now I cannot work out how to register. The online help tells me to click
> a
> > register icon in the task bar but there is no such icon there!
> > How can I register?
> > --
> > Bruce
>
>
>

Scott wrote:
> Sandman,
>
> I have the same situation however I need to activate Windows ... when I went
> to the system tools folder there was no activation icon. What do I do now?
>

Start > Run > "C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A."


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