wanting activation code again

i got hit by some thing yesterday while downloading a codex needed for a movie that someone sent me. almost immediately i started having some problems. i restored my system back to a privious date and then all of a sudden it said i needed to reactivate my xp license. i used the phone variable with microsoft and was given a new code to enter and that worked and was able to get back in my machine. this morning when i turned the machine back on it again asked to reactivate. fortunately i wrote down the key and reenter and it allowed me back in.

so my question is there anything in the registry i can do to make sure i am not prompted everyday or do i need to rebuild my machine from scratch ???

 

nope did not create anything and the user groups still reflects just me and guest. guest with no access.

first thing i did was scan my system for bug. i use zonealarm security suite no bugs found. spybot did find some spywares and they have been treated. system is clean as a new born baby.

 

Sounds similar to the problems I had, have you been using any external storage - ie a USB hard disk?

Roger

 

only attach my external h.d. when i back up my data other than that its not attach continually. i know it was this **** codex that caused the problem and there must have been a bug in the file. not a big deal either i leave machine on all the time or never forget the new key microsoft gave me but there must be a registry entry somewhere that i can change to make permanent. hate rebuilding this machine usually take a whole weekend to complete. lots of stuff.