I HAVE HAD MY LAPTOP FOR OVER A YEAR, AND NEVER HAD TO ACTIVATE ANYTHING I HAD TO HAVE A RECOVERY DONE ON IT AND IT WAS FINE, BUT AFTER A WHILE IT KEPT SAYIN DO YOU WANT TO ACTIVATE WINDOWS!! I SAID YES AND CLICKED OK IT SAID WINDOWS WAS ALREADY ACTIVATED SO I CARRIED ON AS NORMAL, IT WAS DOING A 30 DAY COUNT DOWN NOW I AM UNABLE TO GET ONTO MY LAPTOP AS ACTIVATION PERIOD HAS EXPIRED PLEASE HELP.
You are off topic for this forum which is for the Discussion of Windows Live One Care. If you had recovery done by a professional, I would contact him/her. You can find some information on product activation here - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/activation.mspx