Windows XP Activation Loop (Can't log-on to Windows desktop) You've just turned back on your computer and suddenly you can't get into the desktop. It gets stuck in the Windows log-on screen. So I have virtualized licence version of windows xp box and used your trick to activate, and worked perfectly fine now since it's a VM,user ac cess it's through RDP and only problem is system times out means it doesn't ping no RDP when i go the concole of VMWARE and click on vm then it activates and ping and RDP works and as soon console times. Windows XP will typically remind you to activate the product (most users will have 30 days to activate XP after installation). To activate XP manually, you can use the Start menu shortcut in the System Tools Accessories folder.At the command prompt, type. Oobe/msoobe /a. In case you're wondering, msoobe stands for 'Microsoft Out of Box Experience.'

This how-to will describe how to enable NLA on Win XP. It is a fairly simple process, but there are some minor caveats to consider. As well as a major chance to break the windows install. Step lightly folks.

5 Steps total

Step 1: Log in as an admin

You can use any account that has local administrative rights.

Step 2: Check for update compliance

For Windows XP to be able to use NLA, it must first be updated to SP3. Additionally, I would suggest installing the RDP v.7 update as well since it brings the full functionality of NLA into play.

Step 3: Open the registry editor

Here is where things can get dangerous. If you do not feel safe doing the following, DO NOT DO IT! You could seriously break your machine if you do something other than what is described.

Step 4: Navigate to and modify the registry keys

There are two keys to change. The first is located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlLsa

You are going to modify the key named 'Security Packages'
Add 'tspkg' to the listing of security packages. Do not remove any packages.

The second key is located at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSecurityProviders

You are going to modify the key named 'SecurityProviders'
Add 'credssp.dll' to the listing of Security Providers.

Close the registry editor.

Step 5: Restart the computer.

After the restart is complete. Test the NLA functionality by attempting to RDP to a server that only accepts RDP connections from machines that use NLA.

If it works, you have succeeded. If it does not work, then you should check to ensure that the above defined changes have been made correctly.

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Congratulations for completing the step that Microsoft left out of SP3. You can now easily connect to any RDP host you desire.. well within reason anyway.

References

• Credential Security Support Provider
• RDP v. 7.0

13 Comments

• Cayenne
  Gideon Braver Jan 31, 2013 at 07:59pm

  This is a great how-to. It would have saved me a lot of time when I had to do this a few years back!

  I can't stress how important doing step 4 correctly is. I made the mistake of removing the other packages (luckily only in a testing environment).

• Poblano
  Octavian Neacsu May 2, 2013 at 04:26pm

  Worked like a charm. Thank you for this great tutorial!

• Jalapeno
  Sam.P Jun 10, 2013 at 08:31pm

  Thanks for this. I was pleasantly surprised to find the entries already existed in my registry. Perhaps I did this a year or two back and just forgot.

• Pimiento
  iluv.strwbries Sep 9, 2013 at 07:27am

  I don't know much about computers, but was able to follow these steps and it works great! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

• Poblano
  jundis Feb 11, 2014 at 03:12pm

  Great tutorial. I've been racking my brain on getting it to work when I had RDP 6 and SP3 installed, and this fixed it perfectly.

  Thanks a lot.

• Jalapeno
  Tim8364 Feb 24, 2014 at 03:38pm

  Microsoft FixIt for CredSSP/NLA:
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951608

  RDP 7:
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084/en-us

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  MHB Oct 9, 2014 at 11:22am

  If you're using SSO in your RDS environment you may need to request and install this hot fix:
  https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/953760/en-us

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  rontuijnman Dec 20, 2014 at 11:19am

  Great tip! Solved in moments. In LSA I was looking for a subkey called Security Packages, but that was a part of the LSA key. :-)
  Thanx! Keep up the great work!

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  gabrieljean Jun 11, 2015 at 01:32pm

  Thanks you Patrick, Great Tutorial ! Working Perfectly with xp sp3 !!!

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  davidnelson12 Oct 4, 2017 at 01:22am

  It is hard to find the needed downloads now, here they are:

  Windows XP Service Pack 3:
  http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB936929

  RDP7:
  http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=969084

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  lotharpeters Feb 23, 2018 at 04:09pm

  wonderful! thank you very much!

  Because in 2018, - to search for that - there is no microsoft server online - they cut it.

  Great, that i could find the solution here!

• Jalapeno
  vmvmadmin May 3, 2018 at 10:34am

  Exactly clear and work. I tested it today.

  Thank you Patrick.

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  anthonylee2 Oct 22, 2018 at 11:26am

  well, its the end of October 2018. and a client with Lenovo x240 win 10 broke and needed to connect via VPN terminal. had an old XP SP3 got the NLA error. found the solution here. Thanks. wasn't able to connect via username and password as in win 10 then entered domainusername works like a charm. THANK YOU! all the way from Israel.
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  Anthony

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Copy of Windows XP is no longer being sold.

May be you should consider run those applications on compatibility view.

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Also if you have access to Windows 10 PC, report compatibility issue through Feedback Hub app.

In some cases, activation might still work but your Windows XP will be at risk because support is already ended.

Thank you for your useful reply.

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I know that Windows XP is no longer being sold officially. However, original unused 'brand new' retail copies are still available to buy, and I assume that in principle, buying such a copy would be the same as it would have been to buy one in a shop a few years ago.

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I have tried running my old software on Windows 7 in compatibility mode, and this did not work. I am talking about very old applications such as Acccess 97 and Access 2, along with my own bespoke applications. I am resigned to the idea that I need an older version of Windows (i.e. XP) to run them satisfactorily.

All I need to know is whether the XP activation process would work if I did buy an unused retail version of Windows XP. You say activation 'might still work', but it would be reassuring if you (or someone) could be slightly more definite, and say categorically that it would work (or wouldn't). And if it did work, as per my original question, could I activate by phone or email, or would online activation be the only workable route?

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Again, many thanks!