So, he didn't had an SP3 installed, Windows was still with IE6. The Windows was not updated since he is not using it online, just periodicaly connects to update the antivirus software. He was getting the 32777 error message when tried to do the online activation. My friends old PC needed a Windows XP activation after a hardware change. Update Windows XP & IE8 to TLS1.2 (Connected Last Skype 7) It combines adding KB4019276 for POSReady 2009, KB4316682 for IE8, and the TLS 1.0 security update for XP registry: I compiled the source posts and wrote a step-by-step procedure ' INSTRUCTIONS TO ADD TLS1.2 TO WINDOWS XP OS & IE8'. It wasn't non-techie friendly, and was a tediously long study for (non-expert) techie power users. I found the TLS 1.2 procedure posted in 2 parts on MSFN, plus a related TLS 1.0 security update reply post by Mathwiz. MS decides to release a patch that fixes the problem (. all forms of TLS less than 1.2 were taken offline June 30. Slightly OT, but relevant if you want to add the cryptographic protocol TLS 1.2 for any XP reason such as mentioned above:

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