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Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters Show hidden characters. Copy link. Thank you so much!! Click on the latest version of Winkey Finder. As of January , this is version 2. Since this version is currently in beta, you can also download the final version of 1. Click Download Winkey Finder. You should see this button at the bottom of the Winkey version page. Right-click the Winkey folder. It should be wherever you chose to save it when you clicked Download e.
Click Extract All. Doing so will extract the locked file's contents onto your desktop. Double-click the Winkey Finder folder. This is the one you just extracted. Double-click the Win Keyfinder program.
It should be the only executable ". View your product key. Running the Winkey Finder program should immediately display your Windows XP product key, allowing you to apply the key to the Windows XP activation wizard the next time Windows asks you to update. To be safe, be sure to write down the product key when you see it. Method 3. Restart your computer. You can choose this option from the Start menu, or you can simply hold down your computer's power button until it turns itself off and then press the button again.
Tap F8 as soon as your computer logo appears. You'll need to do this during the first time the logo appears after rebooting. Keep tapping F8 until you see the advanced options menu pop up. Use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Starting up your computer in this mode will bypass the Windows activation loop long enough for you to reset the timer for your XP trial. You'll need to wait a minute or so for Safe Mode to load.
Type " explorer. You should see a dialogue window pop up after doing so. You may need to wait for a minute or so before the window comes up. Click Yes. This may also say OK. After doing so, you should notice that your desktop interface is now accessible. This will bring up the Run tool from which you can complete the fix. Type " rundll This command resets the Windows XP trial clock to 30 days. When your welcome screen finishes loading, you should be able to log in like usual rather than being stuck in the activation loop.
You have a certain period of time to activate Windows. After this period, Windows will be stuck on the login screen in an activation loop. Not Helpful 16 Helpful Can I do this more than once? I have already done the 30 days one, a. Step 3. Nothing I do is working this time around.
You can only rearm the timer up to four times while in the grace period, or two times in safe mode. Not Helpful 2 Helpful Not Helpful 6 Helpful If you are in safe mode, boot into safe mode with command prompt and type in: explorer. Technically the operating system is still loaded; its just limited great if you can't load xp. Not Helpful 10 Helpful Microsoft stopped support for Windows XP on April 8, , and it is no longer being updated. If there is a bug, then it will never be fixed.
Not Helpful 7 Helpful Not Helpful 3 Helpful It was going fine until I came to activation, which it would not allow in safe mode. So I restarted, and it said, "Do you want to activate Windows now? Press 'OK' to exit". I pressed OK and it kicked me back to the login screen. Any ideas? You might be able to get out of this loop using the following steps. Not sure if this is a permanent fix or only for 30 days.
Start in plain safe mode. Login using an administrator user account. Run CMD as admin. Type these commands and press Enter. Then click OK on each of the following prompts: regsvr32 regwizc. Type this last command type exactly as what you see here : rundll Wait for a couple of minutes because the last command will not show anything on the screen.
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. Co-authors: Updated: May 6,
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