I just reformatted and loaded my computer again (Vista Laptop), put all the stuff back on it, upgraded, etc. Now I keep getting a screen to register. I don't need to register. If I hit "do not remind me again" it still does. If I actually register again, it still comes back. I had this problem once before but can't remember how to get rid of it. Help!!!

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> I just reformatted and loaded my computer again (Vista Laptop), put all
> the stuff back on it, upgraded, etc. Now I keep getting a screen to
> register. I don't need to register. If I hit "do not remind me again"
> it still does. If I actually register again, it still comes back. I
> had this problem once before but can't remember how to get rid of it.
> Help!!!
>
>
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> mworrell

Why in earth's name did you FORMAT?? It's years ago that I formatted any
harddisk.

If you formatted and reinstalled any Windows, Vista or otherwise, you have
to activate it once again.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
"mworrell" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> I just reformatted and loaded my computer again (Vista Laptop), put all
> the stuff back on it, upgraded, etc. Now I keep getting a screen to
> register. I don't need to register. If I hit "do not remind me again"
> it still does. If I actually register again, it still comes back. I
> had this problem once before but can't remember how to get rid of it.
> Help!!!
>
>
> --
> mworrell

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:10:06 -0500, mworrell <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
wrote:

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> I just reformatted and loaded my computer again (Vista Laptop), put all
> the stuff back on it, upgraded, etc. Now I keep getting a screen to
> register. I don't need to register. If I hit "do not remind me again"
> it still does. If I actually register again, it still comes back. I
> had this problem once before but can't remember how to get rid of it.
> Help!!!

Registration is completely optional, and of no use to you. What you
need to do is "activate," and if you reinstall, you always need to
redo that. The notice you are getting is telling you to activate, not
register. Did you actually activate or did you register?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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I started the computer again from scratch with the factory settings. There is nothing wrong with doing that if you don't mind reloading everything, which I didn't. But when you register, you register over the internet so this computer is already registered with HP. What I am saying is it won't let me ignore it or choose not to do it ... no matter what I choose the screen keeps popping up. This happened when I first started up the computer at the beginning, after registering for the 1st time, and HP support told me a way to make it stop. I just wanted to know if anyone knows how to get rid of the message to register. I don't remember what they told me.

The answer to this riddle is that it is actually a scheduled task that is set to repeat every 30 minutes.

Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Task Scheduler and delete the entry "Registration" under the Task Scheduler Library section.

Cindy

Thanks ...