I know this is a semi-old post, but I had a situation where XP SP3 Pro sporadically deactivated and immediately locked me out of the system totally, no 3 day grace period. No access to system in safe mode. This is what I did to get back in. It worked for me, so I thought I'd post and it may be useful for others. -Boot windows into normal mode. -Click on your user if you don't have autologin turned on. -It will tell you windows is expired, and give you the option to activate now. -Click activate now, it will log you into windows, in a reduced function state. -Minimize the 'lets activate windows' window. -Press 'Windows Key' and 'u' simultaneously. This brings up narrator. -If it brings up the narrator help window, close it. ![]() ![]() Dec 14, 2006. Tech blog The Tomorrow Times shows you how to gain access to your PC even if you've gone past the 30-day Windows activation period. ![]() -On the main narrator window (it says 'narrator can read aloud menu commands.' And has check boxes) click on the icon in the top left of the window that is a screen with a speech bubble. -Click 'about narrator.' This brings up the info about narrator. -Click the link on the info window that says 'microsoft web site.' This opens IE. -Once IE is open, go to the address bar and type in a directory on your system (i.e. C: Program Files, or whatever) -When you do this, it will cause the taskbar to appear for a brief period of time. -Click Start>Run -Type cmd and hit enter in the box. This brings up the command line. -In the command line type the following lines hitting enter after each: regsvr32 regwizc.dll regsvr32 licdll.dll rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk -Note: Explorer only runs for a short period of time before it disappears, so you may have to try several times. To get the taskbar back so you can try again, simply enter a directory location in the IE main bar again. You don't have to get all the commands in one session, in fact it probably would be difficult to do so. -Restart the computer, it should log in normally now. After doing this, it allowed me to log into the system again and it reset activation so I have 30 days to get it activated now. The information above, I can't take credit for, so I will credit my sources below. Credit for the first part goes to and credit for the command line commands go to TimeParadoX and kimsland in this thread. If you are like me and have a licence key, but you don't know what type it is (retail, OEM. Volume etc) Then i used this great app that can tell you what Type your licence key is and the vendor that issued it (Dell, samsung, HP etc) go here The Ultimate PID Checker Download ir (RAR) use 7zip (Free download to unpack it) It runs without Installing (portable) For me I confirmed it was an OEM licence -- Dell --- so run Any Dell OEM disk to repair (Same OS disk) I had to also use (For my particular case) Its too complicated to make any other notes (as your case will be particular to you) Its not easy but i did it.
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