So anyways, I ran this 2003 activation disabler patch that works on Windows XP and 2003, and it seemed to work fine when I ran it. Windows 2003 said it was now activated so I assumed the problem was over. However, as weeks went by, I ocasionaly would have a soft reset, due to some app that wasn't meant for 2003. Anyways after about 4 or 5 soft resets ( that is, having the machine reboot while working, instead of shuting it down normally) I get this popup when I log on that says you have 7 days to activate Windows 2003. Just for the heck of it I say "ok activate product" ( why do I have to fear? I legally own the thing, worse case is I have to actually activate it) and it immediatley then says "already activated". So now everytime I restart the machine and login it tells me I have 6, then 5, then 4 days to activate Windows, and each time I try to actually activate it, but instead it just tells me that Windows is already activated. I tried to run the activation patch again, but it too gives me an error saying already activated. And this isn't the first time either... I have had this happen on 2 clean installs of 2003.... again, after a few crashes it starts to do this activation thing. On day 0, it just locked me outa my machine and I had to reformat ( fortunatley I had backups ).My guess would be that when it crashes something damages the activation file, but I don't understand why chckdsk doesn't pick it up. Very strange Well I hope someone would help, cause I could sure use it. Thanks for any advice/ other 2003 patches you might recommend. and PLEASE don't bleep me out saying "OOOOH, you jauRez'd 2003, you're a bad boy" cause I own it. I am so tired of people acting like 4 year olds taddling about the how the "Bad boy" is breaking the rules. I own 2003, and a bunch of Microsoft business server apps, as I subscribe to MSDN AND get their action pack. I just hate product activation and don't want to do it, like most people here. /end rant sorry for that, but I am tired of all these people who go are trigger-happy "anti-pirating" mcarthyists....disabling product activation on a product I have a license for isn't pirating. Thanks again
