No. When it rains, it pours. The first thing I tried doing was restoring from a ShadowProtect image I had on a USB drive. Seems the USB drive died. Working with Western Digital tech support on that as well. The drive comes up in disk manager and shows healthy, but I can't assign a drive letter to it.
On Sep 12, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Terry Dickson wrote: > Ok did you do a system restore from safe mode to restore to earlier > date and time? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 5:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: XP activation problem? > > Unfortunately, I can't get the machine to boot from an XP CD. It > just ignores it. I can boot to other CDs however like Shadowcopy. > I've tried two install disks with the same results. > > On Sep 12, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > >> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=xp+activation+accurately+checking+license >> >> Bunch of recovery steps in the first two matches. >> >> Carl >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:08 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: XP activation problem? >> >> I can boot into safe mode, and date/time seems fine. >> >> FWIW, I get the product activation error when Windows is "loading >> your >> personal settings". >> >> On Sep 12, 2010, at 2:31 PM, bruno cantin wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> No problem with time and date on this machine? >>> >>> Le 12.09.10 20:29, « Eric Brouwer » <[email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>>> Good Sunday! >>>> >>>> One of my users called me this morning with an odd problem. She >>>> booted up her XP machine, which has been in service for years, and >>>> when she goes to login in she gets Windows Product Activation >>>> message saying her Windows must be activated. When we hit yeas to >>>> do this online, it says problems are preventing Windows from >>>> accurately checking the license. if we say no, we just go back to >>>> the login screen. >>>> >>>> Any one ever deal with anything like this? From the research I >>>> did, >>>> it sounds like a borked registry. Any suggestions how to revive >>>> Windows? I really need to get this machine back intact. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> Eric Brouwer >>>> IT Manager >>>> www.forestpost.com >>>> [email protected] >>>> 248.855.4333 >> >>> >>> Cordialement >>> Bruno CANTIN >>> >>> >>> Geneva Helpdesk >>> Service et Sécurité Informatique >>> >>> www.genevahelpdesk.com >> >> Eric Brouwer >> IT Manager >> www.forestpost.com >> [email protected] >> 248.855.4333 >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [email protected] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
