I have been having a similar problem. I cannot access any XP office
professional areas. It states that they are locked until the license is
renewed. I have followed tha activation wizard but it keeps telling me that
the original XP disc is older than the version I have on my computer. It also
says that the pathway to XP cannot be found, locate PRORET.MSI. I think I am
running retail version. Any help would be much appreciated.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Go to Start, select run and type "oobe/msoobe /a" without the quotes, press
> ENTER and follow the prompts.
>
> I'm assuming you have a retail version of XP. If this is an OEM version, it
> may need to be activated. Have you ever activated and are you being
> prompted for activation? If not, you likely don't need to activate as such
> systems are often activated at the factory and unless there's been some
> change in hardware, activation may not be required.
>
>
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> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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> "Atruman" <josh.ordiway@beale.af.mil> wrote in message
> news:71814BFF-ECA3-4179-867E-CAEF29B3FA72@microsoft.com...
> > What if you haven't activated yet and there is no activate windows in
> > system
> > tools?
> > I don't want my system locking up in 30 days. I also went to run and put
> > in
> > the oop.whatever it is and the activation screen came up, but it said it
> > was
> > already activated. I never activated it, so what gives?
> >
> > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Activate Windows
> >> What does the screen say?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >>
> >>
> >> "afdad9121" <afdad9121@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> newsEA6744C-07A4-410B-9507-3448807EE2CE@microsoft.com...
> >> > While trying to activate on a new computer my internet service was
> >> > interrupted. I can not get info from Gateway or Microsoft as to if it
> >> > got
> >> > activated ok. The activation window is no longer in the system tool
> >> > folder.
> >> > I just don't want it to stop in 30 days. Can anyone help
> >>
> >>
> >>
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