This copy of Windows must be activated before you can log on

If you have read my previous post about "How to Activate Windows XP Without a Product Key" I'm pretty sure that you will need to read this also. There is a possibility that you will receive a error message which says "This copy of Windows must be activated before you can log on" after 30 days. Since you have already activated the windows it will not allow you to go to the desktop. So what do you do to log back in ?

How to Activate Windows XP Without a Product Key

Did you just install, or reinstall Windows XP on your Computer, and when you are trying to activate the software, Microsoft says that your product key is not genuine, the product is no longer available for retail sale, or the number of activations have been exceeded? It may ask you to call Microsoft to get a new product key, or purchase windows 7.

Show Hidden Passwords Masked Behind Asterisks or Stars

In most of the places password field is protected and masked with asterisk marks or stars. Masking of password is good security measure but, in some cases, there may be a need to reveal and show the hidden password string or value hidden behind the asterisks. when user forgets or misplaces the password for particular website or service or software application, it’s possible to retrieve and recover the password from the saved password, if user can reveal and view the masked password hidden under the asterisks on password field on web pages or program’s user interface.

How to reset a forgoten administrator password

Forgetting the administrator password for your PC is one of the worse things that can happen to you. Recovering passwords are not that easy. You can always look for third party software solution but most of the time they are not for free. In this article I'm going to explain how you can reset your administrator password in case if you forget it. This trick will works on Windows XP. To do this you'll need a bootable windows XP CD.

Backup SMS stored on your Sony Ericsson phone

We all love to backup our important SMS messages on our mobile phones. Storing messages won't be a problem for high end phones because they can store huge number of messages on the phone memory. But what happen if you run out of your memory ? or you accidentally wipe out all the messages on the phone ? In this article I'll show you how to backup and restore SMS stored on a Sony Ericsson mobile phone.