Not so easy. When I get that message, I have not yet started windows, so 
there's no way to enter any new license data. I have run into this a 
couple of time over the years. The only solution I have found is to do a 
completely new install using a different disk and license. So that's 
what I did this time too. So the question is academic at this point. I 
just can't figure out how I am to get around this impasse - can't login 
till I activate, can't activate till I log in to get to the desktop screen.
On 1/24/2013 6:48 PM, Don Penlington wrote:
> Russ writes:
>
> How am I supposed to activate Windows before I login>>
>
> By phone, presumably.
>
> Don Penlington
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