Failed Activation for Windows XP
While trying to activate my XP, I get a cannot connect error with message 32777. I thought it had something to do with the internet connection at home so I tried it in the office but I still got the same error.
After scrounging around, I found out it had something to do with the date and time, turns out, the EeePC out of unknown reasons suddenly changed it’s bios clock to 2022, after updating it to the right date and time, the Windows activation succeeded.
2009
21
May
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when i newly installed windows xp sp3 on a new Dell Optiplex 360 PC, While i was activating my windows xp i was facing Internet connection Message, that was telling that your connection fail to activating server, so i check the connection i open microsoft website it was ok, then i turned my firewall off again same issue,
then i restart my PC, and i press F2 and went to BIOS then i check that date and time it was different i set the correct time and date then i restart my PC and Windows XP successfully activated
any one face like this failure during activating windows xp should check BIOS Time and Date settings