Difficulty: Average
Time Required: Less than 15 minutes
Here's How:
Click on Start and then Run.
In the text box in the Run window, type regedit and click OK. This will open the Registry Editor program.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder under My Computer and click on the (+) sign next the folder name to expand the folder.
Continue to expand folders until you reach the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents registry key.
Click on the WPAEvents folder.
In the results that appear in the window on the right, locate OOBETimer.
Right-click on the OOBETimer entry and choose Modify from the resulting menu.
Change at least one digit in the Value data text box and click OK. This will deactivate Windows XP.
Feel free to close Registry Editor at this point.
Click on Start and then Run.
In the text box in the Run window, type the following command and click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
When the Let's activate Windows window appears, choose Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows and then click Next.
Click the Change Product Key button at the bottom of the window.
Don't worry about filling anything out on this screen.
Type your new, valid Windows XP product key in the New key: THMPV-77D6F-94376-8HGKG-VRDRQ. and then click the Update button.
Then Restart Computer. Then go to run
and type %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
There it will show Windows is activated
Thanks,
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Time Required: Less than 15 minutes
Here's How:
Click on Start and then Run.
In the text box in the Run window, type regedit and click OK. This will open the Registry Editor program.
Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder under My Computer and click on the (+) sign next the folder name to expand the folder.
Continue to expand folders until you reach the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents registry key.
Click on the WPAEvents folder.
In the results that appear in the window on the right, locate OOBETimer.
Right-click on the OOBETimer entry and choose Modify from the resulting menu.
Change at least one digit in the Value data text box and click OK. This will deactivate Windows XP.
Feel free to close Registry Editor at this point.
Click on Start and then Run.
In the text box in the Run window, type the following command and click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
When the Let's activate Windows window appears, choose Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows and then click Next.
Click the Change Product Key button at the bottom of the window.
Don't worry about filling anything out on this screen.
Type your new, valid Windows XP product key in the New key: THMPV-77D6F-94376-8HGKG-VRDRQ. and then click the Update button.
Then Restart Computer. Then go to run
and type %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
There it will show Windows is activated
Thanks,
Please + rep if works!
