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| 745245 | 2009-02-05 08:30:00 | Just did a clean install XP Home. Went to activate and said it couldn't talk to the server so thought no big deal, will try later. Installed SP2 and made sure all was working. Tried to activate again but still failed with same message. Downloaded updates and installed and on reboot get the below error message. A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code: 0x8004050a " Try to activate and it says it is activated and then the error message comes back. Have started to format again and reinstall. I have come across this before and have just formatted in the past but anyone got a work around if I come across this again? |
berryb (99) | ||
| 745246 | 2009-02-05 08:32:00 | Is the time/date/year correct?? Someone else here had the same prob, the above was wrong Once it was fixed, it worked |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 745247 | 2009-02-05 08:34:00 | social.microsoft.com Seems like reformatting's the only fix |
Blam (54) | ||
| 745248 | 2009-02-05 08:44:00 | Date time etc fine. Appears formatting is the only option. | berryb (99) | ||
| 745249 | 2009-02-05 09:11:00 | Had this happen a few times, and its ALWAYS if the PC had been reinstalled using the existing product Code. If you ring MS and tell them you had to reinstall the OS they reactivate it for you manually. I asked once why it wouldn't activate - the answer I got was this - "When you try to activate and the product key has been previously activated it is refused by the activation servers - thats when you need to call Micro Soft and do it manually - its because its a single user License trying to be activated again." This actually appears to be correct - because if trying to activate a new COA it goes straight through no problems. To test this I actually installed windows on the same PC, different drive used the already activated COA - refused - so I put in a New COA - (changed nothing else) and bingo - straight in no problems. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 745250 | 2009-02-05 09:38:00 | I should have said that MS had been rung. They gave another set of numbers to enter but made no difference. When activating online there was never any error about activation being refused, just it cannot connect to the server etc. Interesting about your test. |
berryb (99) | ||
| 745251 | 2009-02-05 20:10:00 | That was the message I was getting - part of it said - (Cant remember the exact message but - Words to the effect of) could not connect to server - please try again later - reasons could the server currently not available etc . Yet try with a different unactivated or multi user COA and straight through . Just out of Interest - where you mentioned - Tried to activate again but still failed with same message . Downloaded updates and installed and on reboot get the below error message . IF these are the windows updates, Via the windows updates - how did you manage to download and install them - as Windows Needs to be activated BEFORE windows updates will allow them through . . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 745252 | 2009-02-05 21:36:00 | Had this happen a few times, and its ALWAYS if the PC had been reinstalled using the existing product Code. Yeah but he's getting an error message - not the COA was used message. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 745253 | 2009-02-05 22:21:00 | Yep - had that exact message last week, rang MS and they gave a new ID number, and it went right through straight away. If the HDD has been formatted which is indicated in the original post Just did a clean install XP Home - if it was done correctly, then there by rights is nothing left of the Old OS any way. If it was a repair install, thats different to a Clean Install. Windows wont allow the updates through until its been activated any way (well there are ways around that) So how was windows updated if it wasn't activated, as I pointed out in Post #7 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 745254 | 2009-02-05 22:32:00 | I used a XP Home SP1 install CD (instead of the slipstreamed SP2 I have) and once installed loaded motherboard drivers. Tried to activate and got the "not available etc" message. Installed SP2 that I have on flash drive, rebooted and tried to activate. Went to Windows update and downloaded the first lot of updates (win installer update etc) and rebooted. On reboot downloaded from window update a heap of updates, installed rebooted and error started. Actually when I last tried to activate before formatting it said activation successful but came straight back to error. |
berryb (99) | ||
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