Posted April 26, 201410 yr I accidentally tried to delete Win32.hack, then the Microsoft security asked for a restart and now (after it rebooted) my Windows Xp Pro is (again) demanding an activation key. My OS is legal and from Ptec, but whether or not its key is valid, the tower is an old COMPAQ Presario 5000 PC despite it new OS, it still operates slow (faster than it use to...but slow) and I'm worried it may get another error. (Though the worse case scenario, is that it accepts then as soon as it restarts it'll begin all over again.) That's why the "tool" was used. Now it won't even let me use the Desktop until it gets an activation key. What steps should I take? Continue reading...
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