xp reactivation

prsym · Mar 10, 2003

I remember seeing somewhere,(I think it was on this forum)something about saving an xp file onto floppy so as to be able to make xp recognise the hard drive ?. I recently had to reinstall xp home but for some reason it did,nt recognise my system and I had to reactivate it,as it was it was not to much of a pain to do but I dont,t want to do it again !.I am very much against software piracy so that is definitely NOT the reason I want to do this.

Just as a note to those who wish to get rid of xp off a hard drive, a way I have done it with a previous copy is to load a linux os over it which then enables you to use something like win 98 to reformat it !. You can also use someting like eastec sanitise to completely write over everything and have a completely clean disc.(NOTE this will definitely erase the xp setup file so don,t use this if you want to re-install xp !)

snakefoot · Mar 10, 2003

Save the WinXP Activation, to avoid reactivate at reinstall/repair
When activating the WinXP the following file is created :

\Windows\SYSTEM32\wpa.dbl

You can backup this file so you don't have to contact Microsoft to activate. After a reinstall or repair boot into safe mode and restore the wpa.dbl. Restart into normal mode and it will ask you to activate, press Ok and it will say it is already activated.

Note that you have to use the same product key, as you used when installing the first time, as the activation is a combination of your product key and your hardware id.

Note that you can't use this file to Activate other computers, unless they are almost identical to the computer which was Activated.
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prsym · Mar 10, 2003

many thanks, I shall back up the file as soon as ai get off.

goldfish · Mar 10, 2003

wow, thats rather strange i just got a MSN about that.....lol!

Nice one snakeft

Major Attitude · Mar 10, 2003

I posted it in user guides, which is where a lot of known tips can be found . Always try a search before posting, assuming you didnt, of course, search isnt always perfect, just FYI.

http://www.majorgeeks.net/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8525

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