Activation Code Bypass....

[Prometheus]

I know it's malicious, but....
Any Tip on how to bypass the activation code on XP??? Can you get a crack somewhere on the web?

Everytime I have to ribuild my machine I have to call and....well you know what a pain in the xxx it is!

[thirdfey]

First off, this will be violating the license agreement so the mods will close this topic since it is against board rules to ask another member to help you violate the license agreement.

Second, by using the word crack you are associating with warez which against board rules whereas crack the drug is not

Third, don't tell anyone about fight club.

[MacGyver]

Good grief, Obi. If you are rebuilding your machine that much that getting the activation for XP is a pain, maybe you need to find a new hobby besides reinstalling Windows.

One way - I'm not sure if it would work - is to install XP, and as soon as the install is over, make a ghost image that you can use to "reinstall" later. This way, you don't have to reactivate and you wouldn't be doing anything illegal as the ghost image wouldn't work on another PC. It's just a backup after all....?

[thirdfey]

I do remember reading something about not being able to reactivate after 20 something times so you may run out of reloading the computer.

[Votan]

The limit on how many times you can activate XP was discussed back a week ago, may be two, on this forum. There is no limit on how many times you can activate XP.

The proposal of MacGyver is my favorite if it works. It seems you are the first to prove it or to disprove it. The activation process, I think, associates the motherbord with the product key number. if you try to use the image of the software on another machine, and if it works, then my thinking is flawed. You seem willing to spend the time to do this job. Well do it and let us here know about your findings, up or down, whichever.

[+Daemon+]

theres no way to deactivate the activation in XP unless you had the Cracked version of XP which you should get a job and buy your own copy.

If you dont want to pay for it then theres other OS's out there that are free.

[MacGyver]

Before anybody else jumps all over Obi, I should say that having to re-activate XP every time in the event of having to reinstall because of unfixable Windows problems is an issue for some and should not be automatically condemned as illegal. He isn't doing anything illegal.

[techs]

This may clear up some things. I changed my mobo and windows xp would not let me reactivate. I called MS and they gave me the number to make it work. They told me that I would have to call EVERY time I reinstalled since once you change the mobo the MS computer will not recognize that you already called once. The idea about cloning a drive with a copy of xp that had already been activated will work, providing the restore is on the same machine(mobo). I tried this, it works. I also asked the MS guy about a 25 reinstall limit and he said there is no such thing, but each case is taken differently. If you claimed to change the motherboard 25 times you would probably not be allowed to reactivate.

[Votan]

Addendum to MacGyver comment: it is legal to backup the CD of the OS, XP or otherwise, but whether it is legal to backup the activation code, I don't know as a matter of law, but I don't think you could.

[MacGyver]

[quote]Originally posted by techs:
<strong>The idea about cloning a drive with a copy of xp that had already been activated will work, providing the restore is on the same machine(mobo). I tried this, it works.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Thanks for confirming my theory, techs. Now I ask that this thread not be deleted (are you listening Sowulo and Q? ) (maybe just renamed) because this is valuable info to people who need to reinstall Windows on a regular basis on the same machine.

[MacGyver]

[quote]Originally posted by Votan:
<strong>Addendum to MacGyver comment: it is legal to backup the CD of the OS, XP or otherwise, but whether it is legal to backup the activation code, I don't know as a matter of law, but I don't think you could.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I don't think it matters if you back it up or not, since the activation code is only good for that hardware config. It won't work on any other computer.

[Glenn]

Let's just say these were the exact same problems that keep me using Windows Millennium for the time being.

[Ya_know]

Microsoft posted an article about this, with reference to repair:
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fsearch%2fviewDoc.aspx%3fdocID %3dKC.Q302740%26dialogID%3d2167290%26iterationID%3 d1%26sessionID%3danonymous%7c1916303" target="_blank">Running Repair on Windows XP Requires the User to Re-Activate the Product (Q302740)</a>

The part that will help out here the most is this:

"...back up and save the Wpa.dbl file after successful activation and then manually restore it after the repair process is finished and after you log on to the computer."

The same thing could be done in your situation, just restore the post activation version of this file to the same PC following a fresh install. It should solve all of your problems.

This topic has been discussed several times, I am surprised that no one recalls the fix...

[SubZero]

Time to wrap this one up....Come here Curt!

[Damned Angel]

here comes me

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