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cowgirl
Former Member
Message 1 of 6

activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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have been trying to activate mcafee for ages now and i'm really tired of it not working. there's always the samme error message:

"mcafee is having trouble activating products... please try again later"

it's been like that for quite a long time and i've no idea what's wrong.

has anyone had the same problem and found out how to fix it?

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user_135799
Former Member
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Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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Hi,

Here is a solution,

if your operating system is XP :-

follow the path :

MyComputer->C:\ -> sysprep (Rename to sysprep)

For Vista or Windows 7 :-

MyComputer->C:\ -> ProgramFiles\Mcafee\msc\mcoemmgr.exe

when you click on mcoemmgr.exe. You will see regserver

right click on regserver, rename it to regserverold

If the above does't work along with the message let me know know your internet connection

with Regards,

YOGA

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Peacekeeper
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Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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Two thoughts explained in detail here

http://community.mcafee.com/message/87242#87242

1 Try to reset Internet explorer

2. or Uninstall then reinstall Mcafee as there might have been a corruption during the install

3 call or connect to chat see the customer service links in the useful links tab above to see if they can assist.

Message was edited by: Peacekeeper on 8/02/10 8:27:54 PM

Message was edited by: Peacekeeper on 9/02/10 6:02:36 AM
user_135799
Former Member
Message 3 of 6

Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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Hi,

Here is a solution,

if your operating system is XP :-

follow the path :

MyComputer->C:\ -> sysprep (Rename to sysprep)

For Vista or Windows 7 :-

MyComputer->C:\ -> ProgramFiles\Mcafee\msc\mcoemmgr.exe

when you click on mcoemmgr.exe. You will see regserver

right click on regserver, rename it to regserverold

If the above does't work along with the message let me know know your internet connection

with Regards,

YOGA

cowgirl
Former Member
Message 4 of 6

Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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wow, thanks to you two it's activated now...

Peacekeeper
Message 5 of 6

Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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Er which method worked?

cowgirl
Former Member
Message 6 of 6

Re: activating McAfee doesn't work at all

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uninstalled it, the installed it - and it worked.

stupid me ... should have thought of that earlier

thanks again for helping, guys...

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