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Posted: 04/17/04 - 22:43

Morteon
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 69

Bought a new comp, didnt come with an operating system so I borrowed my friends Windows XP CD and installed it...

now its telling me i have to register the fek thing in 25 days or somesuch... is there a hack or workaround to this? I really dont want to go blow $200 bucks on something that I allready fekking have...
Bill Gates has enuff of my money k thx...

If anyone has a solution PM me, id be appreciative

Mort
(and no linux is not a solution)

Posted: 04/17/04 - 23:03

Paden
Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 8332

what kind of windows XP?

home or pro

What you need to do if it's a home version is download a pro version iso and burn it to a disk then use it and use the Windows XP Cdkey on this site.

go to search and type Windows XP cd key

Posted: 04/18/04 - 00:53

wellspoken
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Posts: 7079

X6MYY-6BH3T-YRBT8-H8YPH-RG68T

that's a valad WinXP Pro SP1 CD Key

Posted: 04/18/04 - 00:59

Overon
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 3315

you need to activate it or it will be shut down

i believe they can tell if winxp is on 2 computers at the same time .. when you activate, but im not sure exactly how that works

as a policy winxp can only be on 1 computer at a time .. so your pretty much screwed unless you can somehow fool them

Posted: 04/18/04 - 01:02

Paden
Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 8332

not really

there was a winxp pro edition on r00ts server for along time

as far as I know several people have been using it including me and a friend of mine

Posted: 04/18/04 - 01:06

Mental_Hernia
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 2401

WTF?

I have Windows XP Pro, and have never acutally registered it. Its a legal/authentic version, but the only thing that gives me shit about it is Word/Excel stuff; and it sitll lets me run the programs, its just like " Hey, you need to register or else we with -blahblahblahblahblah- "

Its a false threat, I have never had it do anything to me.

Posted: 04/18/04 - 01:17

wellspoken
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Posts: 7079

Mental_Hernia wrote:

WTF?

I have Windows XP Pro, and have never acutally registered it. Its a legal/authentic version, but the only thing that gives me shit about it is Word/Excel stuff; and it sitll lets me run the programs, its just like " Hey, you need to register or else we with -blahblahblahblahblah- "

Its a false threat, I have never had it do anything to me.

You're lucky then.
If they do it, you will have to call them and they give u this HUGE a*s number to enter to get u back into windows.

Posted: 04/18/04 - 01:18

Mental_Hernia
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 2401

Hmm, I concider myself lucky then

Posted: 04/18/04 - 10:31

Morteon
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 69

Bleh I have the home version... Fuxx0r...... what im wondering is if I go shell out the cash for my own home ver will I be able to register it with that password or am I just leading up to a hard drive wipe...

I appreciate the info and help guys...

Posted: 04/18/04 - 10:40

Nuldaan
Joined: 07 Nov 2002
Posts: 1177

Morteon wrote:

Bleh I have the home version... Fuxx0r...... what im wondering is if I go shell out the cash for my own home ver will I be able to register it with that password or am I just leading up to a hard drive wipe...

I appreciate the info and help guys...

All you need is a CD key for Home. If you buy your own copy, all you need to do is enter that code.

However, if you can get a copy of XP Pro somewhere, you can use the CD key on this board. It'll work just fine. You may have some issues if you ever call Microsoft's tech support but it will activate and update with no hassle.

As a side note, if someone gives you a key that starts with FCKGW, don't bother using it. You can install it but the moment you try to update it, it'll shut down.

Posted: 04/18/04 - 11:43

icebreaker
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 376

all version of xp require activation(not registration) unless you have a cooperate key..bulk volume licences don't require activation..so if you didn't get asked abotu activating thats mostlikely why..or your running a hacked version that removes.

Posted: 04/18/04 - 13:49

Paden
Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 8332

Don't go out and buy windows.

f**k micro$oft

search around on some bit torrent sites and shit till you find a version

or ask some of the people on realpoor to upload the iso for the one that was on r00ts

I still have the iso on a CD but I run 56k so your f****d.

Posted: 04/18/04 - 14:03

khrath

you dont have to register winxp ever, but if you want to be able to apply patches, you must have registration enabled.

it's trivial to disable.

Code:

del /s /f /q %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\idwlog.exe
del /s /f /q %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\wpabaln.exe
del /s /f /q %SYSTEMROOT%\prefetch\WPABALN.EXE-337AF9CE.pf
regsvr32.exe -u regwizc.dll
regsvr32.exe -u licdll.dll

Posted: 04/20/04 - 06:29

Morteon
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
Posts: 69

For someone that dosent know comp jargon Khrath can ya provide me with a walkthru? Where do I enter that in autoexec.bat or config.sys? or do I have to open up one of the windows.ini files...

I know enough to get me around but not much beyond that programming wise...

Pm me if ya would....

again my thanks