About two weeks ago, my laptop was a target of a rootkit attack and even though I got it completely cleaned up, everythihng on the machine just seemed sluggish and definitely not "work-worthy" (it was taking upwards of 2 hours to produce a 5 minute video). As a result, I decided this weekend to rebuild it from scratch ( a good practice especially on notebooks every now and then), using the original Dell CD (which was XP Home SP1). I then upgraded to SP2 and everything was good. I was going about upgrading to the Pro edition. OK - I have to activate Windows. Did that. I saw the lovely Windows hillside and ....nothing else. Reboot. You have to activate Windows....saw the lovely Windows hillside and ...nothing. Reboot. You have to activate Windows. I'm sorry you have to CALL Microsoft to activate Windows. What a joy that is. It's all automated but still what a painful experience. Even after that, Windows is already activated but still nothing. Argh! Let's retry this ...
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