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Changing Windows XP Product Key without Re-Installation

Submitted by Srikanth on Monday, 3 December 20077 Comments

This trick will show you how to change Windows XP product key without re-installing the operating system.This makes it possible to install a new genuine key without the need to format and re-install your Windows XP.
 

1.Goto start menu,run,type regedit

2.In registry editor goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWS NTCURRENT VERSIONWPA EVENTS

3.In the right panel open OOBE Time

4.Edit/Change atleast one entry there,press OK and close registry editor.

5.In run type the following command

%systemroot%system32oobemsoobe /a
and press enter

6.Activation wizard appears

7.Select activation by phone and in the next screen select the option CHANGE PRODUCT KEY,enter a valid corporate product key,press OK and close the wizard

8.Reboot the computer and type the same command in the run

9.Activation wizard appears again and it shows the message WINDOWS IS ALREADY ACTIVATED.

ARE YOU BORED OF FOLLWING THOSE TEDIOUS STEPS?CONFUSED?
THEN NO PROBLEM.DOWNLOAD THIS WIN XP GENUINE MAKER THAT I HAVE CODED RECENTLY.THIS IS NEITHER A VIRUS OR TROJAN & DOES NOT HAVE MALICIOUS INTENT.A NICE TOOL FOR YOUR EASE OF USE.

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7 Comments »

  • Biswajit Das said:

    this is fine concept. i will try but conuse to work or not

  • Moudi said:

    You just know too mush :P

  • Moudi said:

    Oh umm btw .. i cant find this WPA EVENTS :(

  • dave said:

    hi srikant i ve done as per your guidance manually and by downlding genuine maker but that dindnt help me,after rebooting a message says that the grace period is over,please click here to activate.
    please help

  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ dave

    This trick works only for Corporate editions (VLC) of XP. It does not work for the retail copies.

  • Achilles said:

    then we have to format if that happen?

  • AKL said:

    Hi.

    What about Vista?
    Any way to do that?

    Thanks.

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