You don't need to talk to Microsoft to activate your copy of Windows XP. You don't need to activate as long as they match. That means that every piece of hardware can be changed on a pc with SLP.
Even the motherboard. With support of Nevio webshops. How does it work? Not if you make a backup copy of the wpa. Not if you use a backup copy of the wpa. Perhaps also tell Microsoft, they will only return to putting identifiers in their hardware, only after any system such as WPA has been removed Anyway, if all that was really involved was seeing if it was the same machine or not At shutdown, save the config retrieved from hardware at time of boot, so that it can be used for the next comparison.
Well, not saying I agree with the product activation at all--I hate that crap--but when I upgrade my motherboard, I do a clean install anyway. I do like the suggestion about having XP compare the configuration over the last boot up rather than when it was activated last.
Absolutely right! MS shouldn't be limiting you to how many things you upgrade. That's the thing that not everybody may know about XP, since the whole world isn't full of geeks like us;. Granted, the average joe schmoe doesn't usually upgrade a zillion parts per day, however, I would like to know how long the period of time is before you run into the upgrade limit.
I'd also like to know why the hell a cpu counts as 2. My biggest complaint about XP is the activation: It's hitting the majority of users who are legitimate customers who have bought their OS.
It's also saying that MS doesn't trust it's customers to do anything right and that we're all crooked. A grace period of days between activations will open a window for power users to install Windows on a separate PC than the machine initially activated. This means power users can perform substantial hardware changes without worry. Admittedly, this grace period does provide for a watered down version of WPA.
Nieman told BetaNews, "What we are doing here is further fulfilling our strategy of erring on the side of the user - even to the extent that our effectiveness might be reduced. Microsoft firmly believes in striking that balance. The plan to offer pre-activation has been in the works over several months and requires BIOS information to be constructed in a specific manner.
Nieman predicated that mainly large and medium sized OEMs will be able to participate given that constraint. Because the dependency of pre-activated machines rests on BIOS information rather than a hardware hash, the prospect of defeating WPA through installing Windows on machines within the same brand name was raised.
Microsoft had always planned to clarify activation, but believed it would best to wait until final changes were complete. I can imagine bios hacks with the activation feature coming out but I wouldn't want extra buggy code in my bios. I'm with ya on that bios thing. That is one thing I don't want to mess with--putting in a buggy bios. If you've got a bad bios, things could be in the crapper before 2 long--a matter of seconds. Hi every one I am new to this forum, so thought a hi would be in order.
I am among the few who had to make that call to Microsoft a few times. So I did some research and found that after activation all I had to do is go to the system32 folder and copy the wpa. So far I have had no problems with the OS and upgrading with Microsofts web page has not been effected. On another note, if any one is getting as tired of Microsoft as I am there is an alternative OS. Xandros 3. The biggest draw back to this OS is hardware compatibility especially video cards.
But if you check out their support page they have an HCL , as well as a link to computers that have Xandros pre-installed. These are options I thought are worth mentioning, and the Xandros is one I am seriously considering. Plus Xandros offers a way to install and run windows programs, so it might be the one way I can get away from the Big Brother Microsoft. Step 5: Modify the C: drives permissions. Step 6: Run Windows activation. Now Windows activation will run and the PC will become usable again.
References Toms hardware topic on Windows Activation. Had to do the exact same only last week. Nice to have it documented here. Lawrence Oct 18, at am. This is an awesome solution. Thanks very much for sharing.. I'm new at Spiceworx. So Far Awesome. Flint Madziya Dec 26, at pm.
BB Mar 25, at am. I was so hopeful, because this post added the permissions steps, but when I do as described, the login after saying "yes" to activation just shows the wallpaper forever [Update] I left the PC on the wallpaper, no Explorer, no icons all night long and discovered the PC must've logged-off or rebooted during the night. Thanks for any further suggestions.
Thank you so much! I'm also new here in spicework. So far, so good! Ashley Jun 13, at am. KH Aug 2, at pm. Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation.
Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 11 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. If you send me your e-mail address to. If any thing else, use the file tab of explorer. To automatically avoid activation loop: since activation is no longer available After trial period runs out for new install , When notifified that activation is neccessary to access windows XP: 1 Restart computer 2 Hold down F8 key to enter safemode menu 3 Choose safemode with command prompt 4 Cancel any new hardware install request 5 At prompt type in "explorer.
Run batch file, then restart computer.
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