I recently purchased a laptop with Windows XP Home Edition. During the setup
of the laptop, it promted me for activation, but I chose to delay it because
I didn't have an internet connection setup yet. However, now I can't find
the Windows Activation Wizard again. The help says look for it under All
Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools, but it's not there. And typing oobe
/msoobe /a didn't help either. I am afraid when the 30 days expire, I won't
be able to use the laptop any more. What's going on?
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Windows XP Home Edition

"xpactivateprob" <xpactivateprob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F90C7201-510D-47EB-92F4-7F0B20F1D178@microsoft.com...
>I recently purchased a laptop with Windows XP Home Edition. During the
>setup
> of the laptop, it promted me for activation, but I chose to delay it
> because
> I didn't have an internet connection setup yet. However, now I can't find
> the Windows Activation Wizard again. The help says look for it under All
> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools, but it's not there. And typing
> oobe
> /msoobe /a didn't help either. I am afraid when the 30 days expire, I
> won't
> be able to use the laptop any more. What's going on?
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> Windows XP Home Edition


Running:

oobe /msoobe /a

won't work. But running:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

will work.

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