Created VHD of XP to run on Win7 does not work

I used the Paragon tool to create a virtual disk of the hard disk from my machine with a broken motherboard.

I opened a VM on my new Win7 Pro 64. I booted from the VHD and it seemed to work. I get to a screen that tells me I have to reactivate before I can log on. I am unable to click on the do it online button. There is no apparent effect. And then I have to use a key combination to get the cursor back onto my Win7 screen.

Any suggestions of a way around this?

 

can you use the phone option? 5min and you are done

 

No, I can't. I appear to have no ability to interact with the OS in the Virtual machine. If I look at the interface selections page, it is all grayed out. Everything except hard disks seems to be selected though.

 

can you boot in safe mode on that xp vm install and repair it?