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Tag: Microsoft

Written by MikeMay 7, 2010June 11, 2018

Can’t activate Windows XP after a repair install or in-place upgrade

I ran into an interesting problem yesterday, and by “interesting” I mean really annoying and made me curse Microsoft repeatedly, again and again. An old home PC has been having video problems off and on for several years:  It’d show an argyle-style print superimposed over whatever was on the screen.  Rebooting would sometimes fix it, […]

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