Morning Rnrsq,
Curious are you running a 64 Bit version of Windows XP? If you are running a 32 Bit version of Windows XP please try manually installing the Active X controlls by following the below steps:
Step 1: WGA Manual ActiveX Installation
Click the Start button, then Click Run
Type: iexplore http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=39204 then Click OK
You will be prompted to download “LegitCheckControl.cab”
Choose Open
Once this completes, a window will open showing two files. “LegitCheckControl.dll” and “LegitCheckControl.inf” Leave this window open for now.
Click the Start button, then Click Run
Type: system32, then Click OK
(If you are running Windows XP, you may need to click Show Files to allow access to this system directory.)
Drag the “LegitCheckControl.dll” file from the window that was open into the “system32” directory folder. If you are prompted to overwrite a file, choose Yes, to overwrite any existing file. (If you are running Vista, you may be prompted to provide administrator permission to complete the action. If so, Press Continue, and allow it.)
Click the Start button, then Click Run
Type “regsvr32 LegitCheckControl.dll”, and then click ‘OK’.
You should see a dialog saying “DllRegisterServer in LegitCheckControl.dll succeeded.”
After you finish the above steps please restart the computer and try to validate Windows XP again. Here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine
Please locate the “Validate Windows” button in the upper right hand corner. Double click on the button and follow the guidance. Were you able to pass Windows Validation successfully?
Should you have additional problems please review the knowledge base (KB) article.
KB307890 - How to activate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307890&sd=techh .
Restart the computer and contact the Microsoft Activation Center to re-activate Windows should you need assistance. Activation and Registration of a Microsoft product can be located at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326851/en-us .
The Windows Activation Center can be reached at (888) 571-2048 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM Pacific Time
Thank you for contacting us here in the WGA program forums.
Stephen
Stephen Holm
