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by grantpaitz

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Ok, I'm currently having an issue with a computer that I just installed a new motherboard into. I knew after installing it I would have to reactivate windows. Well I clicked on the user and it asked me to activate, but once the machine came up into the windows environment it gives me the message that Windows is already activated, Click OK to exit. Once you do that it kicks you back into the user login screen. Im trying to find a way out of the loop. I have already tried deleting wpa.dbl out of system32 as well as trying a new administrator account. Any Suggestions? Thx

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by hal 9000

Have you just changed the M'Board and not the CPU & RAM as well? If you have done the lot with a different brand/model of M'Board you'll need to install the correct drivers. What sounds is happening is that more than 3 components have been changed the the incorrect drivers are installed for the M'Board so it isn't allowing Windows to start.

If that is the case you can try a repair install or a clean install as that will be the only way around the problem and if you have changed the M'Board CPU to something much faster you should also be buying new MS Software as the EULA only covers the original Hardware and while MS is a bit lax on this one if you have considerably improved the performance of the unit they are quite within their rights to insist that you supply new Software.

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by adityamshah

HI Grant,

Did you find the answer for the above. I have same issue but not getting the answer.
Please update me if you have fixed the problem.

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