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I am prompted activate Windows after several years of daily use?

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Anonymous User - Dec 8, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Dec 9, 2013 at 07:04 AM
I purchased my computer several years ago with XP Pro installed. After successfully using this system for several years now on a daily basis for online business, I am now getting a prompt that I must activate Windows. I have no desktop icons or Start button taskbar to access, and am at a loss how or why this event happened. I was able to find a key code, but it does not seem to work either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Anonymous User
Dec 8, 2013 at 09:48 PM
I was able to reboot into safe mode earlier using F8 while starting, but am unsure if I had networking available as well. If I do not reply soon, I will be away from the computer until tomorrow. Thanks for your time, it is appreciated.
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,173
Dec 9, 2013 at 07:04 AM
Hello,

Since you can get in safe mode, it looks very much that your XP got corrupted or has been infected by a virus.

First, lets try this.

Click on, start, programmes, tools, system restore, restore to a previous date that click on next.

See if you can spot a date in bold, click on it then on next.

This will restore your system to that date and you will not lose any data.

Reboot in normal mode.

Good luck
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,173
Dec 8, 2013 at 04:27 PM
Hello

Can you boot in safe mode with networking?
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