Youtube: FB: THANKS FOR WATCHING ^^! Boot into 'Safe Mode'. To do this, turn the computer or laptop on and press F8 repeatedly as it is booting up. Go into 'Safe Mode' by choosing the 'Safe Mode' option.

Bascom Serial Communication. You are prompted to activate Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 every time that you start the computer.

Once you are at the desktop in 'Safe Mode', Click 'Start' then click 'Run'. At the run command prompt type the following EXACTLY rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk *NOTE: The 'Oo's in Oobe are 'oh's' - not 'zero's' There is one space after rundll32.exe. It is case sensitive as far as I know.

Click OK Wait a few seconds - the screen may blip a few times or so. This just reset Windows Activation for 30 days. Reboot the PC into normal mode - log in - re-activate Windows.

I'm having a hard time finding and answer to this. If I had to hypotheitcally remove the Windows license key from a VM that's been specifically setup for a partner, and it needs to be removed before the VM is handed over, how would I go about doing this? Naturally the built-in 30 day grace period has expired and I'm using an MSDN license key, but I need to remove the key before handing the VM off. The recipient can input their own license key. How do I reset the Activation Key Wizard's nagging?

• Open a command prompt as an Administrator. • Enter slmgr /upk and wait for this to complete. This will uninstall the current product key from Windows and put it into an unlicensed state. • Enter slmgr /cpky and wait for this to complete. This will remove the product key from the registry if it's still there.

• Enter slmgr /rearm and wait for this to complete. This is to reset the Windows activation timers so the new users will be prompted to activate Windows when they put in the key. This should put the system back to a pre-key state. Hope this helps you out!