Windows xp student edition validation

I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Yeah, it's broken again. Use IE and you wont have a problem. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. I hope the support links can assist you further. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Ever since then I've been getting messages about my Windows not being genuine.

I've tried running the validation procedure many times and it always fails the "Windows validation ActiveX loaded " step and the " Validation Self-help ActiveX loaded " step. I also ran the MGA diagnostic tool and received the results shown below. When I try to resolve the issue, it just leads me back to running the same diagnostics again and again with the same results.

Thanks, Terry Diagnostic Report 1. Friday, August 29, AM. Friday, August 29, PM. Hi Rick, Thanks for the information. Hi Terry, Sorry to hear it didn't work. At this point I would recommend the following resources for activation.

C ontact a Microsoft customer service representative to activate Windows by phone, follow these steps: 1. Thanks, Terry. Saturday, August 30, PM. Not Helpful 33 Helpful I tried the procedure in safe mode. It worked three times, but doesn't anymore. The rundll. What can I do now? This wiki is just resetting the XP Activation grace period, which you can only do 3 times and then XP stops working.

You must enter a legit XP key and activate online or over the phone for XP to keep working. Not Helpful 7 Helpful Not Helpful 18 Helpful What do I do if I have done the steps, but my computer still asks for an activation key? Not Helpful 18 Helpful 8. Not unless you purchase it from them. You can, however, download a little tool called KMSPico that will search for a product key that matches your Windows version specifically, and activate it without the need for you to own a product key.

Or you can Google how to find the product key in your installation disc. Not Helpful 20 Helpful 5. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. If you want your Windows XP to be always genuine and not get into any legal problems with Microsoft, you have to disable Microsoft Windows critical updates.

Here's how to do it: Go to Start, then to Control Panel. Be sure that the Control Panel is in classic view. Go to Automatic Updates and double click on it. You are done! One more thing: It must be annoying to have alerts every 2 minutes that Automatic Updates is turned off. So to remove the annoying alerts, you have to double click the small "red" icon where the clock is situated in the extreme bottom right.

The Security Center will appear and in the left there will be some options. Be sure to select the "Change the way Security Center alerts me" option and uncheck the "Automatic Updates" option. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. You Might Also Like How to. How to.