I now have a completely legit, purchased, version of Windows XP Pro running on my machine. I was running for 30 days without activation and then I activated with the purchased serial. I did not reboot inside the 30 days and now everytime I reboot and try and log in, I have to activate a again (Activation works fine everytime). I have done a repair install but to no avail. I can’t contact Microsoft support as they are only open mon-fri 8-6 (when I’m in work) and I can’t email them either as their system reckons the manufacturer gave me this version of XP…. Not so.

So if anybody has seen this problem…. please let me know how to fix it…………………I will shoot anybody who tells me to re-install. Cheers

Update: Despite my reluctance to re-install, I did and all is now well :).

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