Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Activation Error/Problem???? HELP PLEASE!?!?!

Hey dudes/dudets,

Had a computer in needed to change the motherboard, change the board and plugged in old hard drive... wouldn't boot down to being different motherboard and old install of Windows XP Home SP2.

Done a repair of Windows XP Home SP2 and the OS boots into Windows and everything is working fine sorted all the drivers and so on cleaned up the windows install the best i know of and is running perfectly fine.

Only thing left to do on it now is Activating Windows.. problem is whenever i click to get the window open to go through the steps with it being on the phone or on the net the activation program crashs and says "Mircosoft Out Of Box Experience has encountered a problem and needs to close"

Is there a way of getting this sorted without reinstalling Windows? Or a way to repair the actviation program?

Look forward to hearing from you lot soon!!!

Thanks.

JubeiTigerukconfused

 

Did you install or download IE7?

If so, uninstall/remove it and try again.

Steve

 

Well i did just now try that but to get IE7 on the PC the computer needs to be actavited... and of course ican't do that at the moment. Although it is a proper copy of XP. But got that problem of course...

Ill try repairing IE6 now which is on there...

Any other tips be good... thanks.

 

OK, I just saw where you did a repair. Make sure that IE7 is not anywhere on the system, installed or not.

Steve

 

Any removal tools for it about that you know of to clean it out?

 

Look under Add/Remove remove programs and see if IE7 is listed. Be sure that the "show updates" box is checked also.

Steve

 

Its just not happening. I have even tried removal tools from the net and normal ways. Just cannot seem to remove or repair IE. IE6 is on there so the computer things but it shows IE7 Icons...

never mind ill have to do a reinstall of Windows. Thanks for the help anyway!