Windows xp install loop

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Please log in to reply. Posted 20 April - PM. Posted 21 April - AM. If you do it again, when you get it back, take the disk out of the computer after the xp installed. And before you restart. When it says to remove all floppy disks, remove the xp disk. I think I tried that a few times.

I'll give it a go, just in case. One thing I've noticed I wasn't doing was deleting the partition that was already on there I think it was something like gig and creating a 10 gig one for Windows. Would that have made a difference? I copied and pasted these instructions that will help. Make sure you do so! You will be asked if you wish to install Windows XP. Second, you will be confused about it when you see it because if you have multiple adapters set up as most do, you will see Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection 2, Local Area Connection 3 and so on.

Unless you disable the interface, it will always appear as up because it cannot go down from a hardware failure as there is no hardware to fail. Now you can test with this IP address, it will always remain stable and so on. Summary In this article we learned about the Microsoft Loopback Adapter and how to install it, why it is use and how to do some extra configurations to make management of it easier.

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The most trusted on the planet by IT Pros. You are reading. To automatically avoid activation loop: since activation is no longer available After trial period runs out for new install , When notifified that activation is neccessary to access windows XP: 1 Restart computer 2 Hold down F8 key to enter safemode menu 3 Choose safemode with command prompt 4 Cancel any new hardware install request 5 At prompt type in "explorer.

Run batch file, then restart computer. When the days get low just run the batch file and the the trial period is reset after restart. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. I am still in the activation loop. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. My little trick seemed to have a snag. In explorer. You can watch this video at this url.