Hello Thane, It's connected to the network and/or the NIC drivers are in place and functioning?
Thursday, December 22, 2011, 2:33:30 PM, you wrote: > I've run into this twice recently. Windows XP has gotten damaged > (one had some minor infections, the other had none) but some > components don't work, so after an SFC, I tried a repair install. In > both cases, the repair install went perfectly, but on the first boot, > right after login, Windows says that it needs to be activated > immediately. I click "Yes" to do that, and then the screen just sits > at the wallpaper, and nothing more seems to happen (though the > machine isn't locked up, as I can move the mouse and the num lock > button works.) Anyone run into this and have any solutions/suggestions? > T -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
