I am using VMWARE's P2V tool to convert a physical XP Home machine in a
virtual machine. Once the conversion is complete XP boots as expected and
will not allow you to log in becase it needs to be activated again. I attempt
to activate the product over the internet and phone with no success. I tried
entering a new product key off a retail copy of XP home which had never been
used and this also did not work. Is there anythign I can do to get XP home
activated again? Is there any way to reset the grace period?

How did you attempt to activate if you couldnt log in...Try at start-up,tap
the F8 key,select safe mode with networking,enter xp as administrator,
activate xp.

"Kendric" wrote:

> I am using VMWARE's P2V tool to convert a physical XP Home machine in a
> virtual machine. Once the conversion is complete XP boots as expected and
> will not allow you to log in becase it needs to be activated again. I attempt
> to activate the product over the internet and phone with no success. I tried
> entering a new product key off a retail copy of XP home which had never been
> used and this also did not work. Is there anythign I can do to get XP home
> activated again? Is there any way to reset the grace period?

Sorry, I can login in but the desktop will not load. I get prompted to
activate the product and like I said earlier nothing will work to activate
the product.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> How did you attempt to activate if you couldnt log in...Try at start-up,tap
> the F8 key,select safe mode with networking,enter xp as administrator,
> activate xp.
>
> "Kendric" wrote:
>
> > I am using VMWARE's P2V tool to convert a physical XP Home machine in a
> > virtual machine. Once the conversion is complete XP boots as expected and
> > will not allow you to log in becase it needs to be activated again. I attempt
> > to activate the product over the internet and phone with no success. I tried
> > entering a new product key off a retail copy of XP home which had never been
> > used and this also did not work. Is there anythign I can do to get XP home
> > activated again? Is there any way to reset the grace period?

Is your source machine running the OEM version of XP Home?

http://www.vmware.com/support/p2v2/doc/reqsguestos.html
"Microsoft Windows XP - Non-Volume license versions of Window XP are not
supported. That is, an operating system protected by Windows Product
Activation (WPA) may not function on a computer other than the computer on
which it was originally installed. "

"Kendric" <Kendric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74732CAA-09F3-45DC-A6E1-9B306A51B8B9@microsoft.com...
> I am using VMWARE's P2V tool to convert a physical XP Home machine in a
> virtual machine. Once the conversion is complete XP boots as expected and
> will not allow you to log in becase it needs to be activated again. I
attempt
> to activate the product over the internet and phone with no success. I
tried
> entering a new product key off a retail copy of XP home which had never
been
> used and this also did not work. Is there anythign I can do to get XP home
> activated again? Is there any way to reset the grace period?