xfrankyx Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Hey GuysI am stuck with a problem.I didn't activate my windows and now when I try to login to windows account, I get a WINDOWS ACTIVATION ERROR, which ask me if I want to activate my windows. When I try to activate it, the product key which I believed I used is not working. I tried all product keys that I have for windows and none of them worked. I tried booting in different ways and the only one I didn't get the error on was safe mode, which I went into and saw what product key I was using. I tried using that product key and it didn't work also. I even tried using the product key on the side of the Dell PC which might have been the original one from the beginning, that didn't work either. I next called Windows support for ACTIVATION OVER THE PHONE, and I gave them the Activation ID, and then they gave me a new product key which didn't work either, and then Windows told me to call Dell about it. I don't think that will help, because I think I have reformatted and might have changed my product or something like that. Can you guys list any other options that I have besides reformatting; I have a lot of important info on this computer. Please help, any advice is much helpful.Thanks in advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Are you sure you are entering the right product key? You may be mis-reading a 0 (zero) for an O (letter o). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Are you sure you are entering the right product key? You may be mis-reading a 0 (zero) for an O (letter o).From my own experience, this is dead easy to do. When I did it however, the registration refused to proceed further until I corrected the error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfrankyx Posted September 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 I tried this and it worked"You could try to reinstall XP on top of the other installation. Most of your programs will need to be reinstalled, but none of your files will be lost, as long as you choose "keep the current file system" during install. I'm not sure if a repair-install will work in your case and the expected r3sults are the same anyway, except that you don't get the option to reformat. If Windows asks for a product key during install, provide the one that's on the side of your computer!"thanks for the help guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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