This morning, everytime I restart my work PC I get this message "since windows was first activated on this computer the hardware on the computer has changed and you need to re-activate Windows XP" I haven't made any hardware changes since yesterday. Its also lost the coloured task bar and is now old fashioned grey. Is this a virus?
Sorry - I haven't made any hardware changes at all. I can access the internet through our network but can't access the files on the network. I've tried to look in device manager to see if the network card has a warning flag and the device manager comes up blank. When I'm asked to activate windows it won't do it online (yet I can access the internet)