Technochicken
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A little over a month ago, I installed Windows XP on my laptop, using the disk from an old dell computer. I went to activate windows, but it said that windows had been activated. About a week ago, when I booted up, a bubble popped up from the login screen, saying that I had to activate windows within seven days. Now, when I try to log in, a bubble pops up telling me to activate windows. When I click activate now, a the activation window opens, and it says that windows has been activated. I click OK, and the computer logs me out, and forces me to do the same thing if I try to log in again. Interestingly, I installed XP on my grandmother's dell laptop from this same disk, and I didn't need to activate it either, but her's is still working, and I installed it about 6 months ago. I know your really not supposed to use the disk for multiple computers, so it's not that big of a deal if I can't fix it, but it is very strange that it is telling me it is activated, but I still can't log in. I'd really appreciate any ideas. Thanks,
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