No more Reactivation

kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
edited March 2005 in Science & Tech
Here's a handy little tip I stumbled across for those running non-corporate versions of windows legitimately (or those who aren't).

If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again.

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  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    :jelly: :thumbsup:
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited January 2005
    damn, thats awesome. thanks for the tip man :D:rockon::rarr:
  • LiLbRoLiLbRo Troy, Michigan
    edited January 2005
    how, may I ask, did you come apon this?!?
  • youvegotjermzyouvegotjermz Baton Rouge, La
    edited January 2005
    LiLbRo wrote:
    how, may I ask, did you come apon this?!?

    kryyst has a "special" relationship with the microsoft programers,
    shhhh, it's kinda hush hush!
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited January 2005
    LiLbRo wrote:
    how, may I ask, did you come apon this?!?


    It's amazing what you can find out when you have a slow day at work :thumbsup:
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Nice find!! :thumbsup:
  • ITMonkey99ITMonkey99
    edited February 2005
    kryyst wrote:
    Here's a handy little tip I stumbled across for those running non-corporate versions of windows legitimately (or those who aren't).

    If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again.

    Sweeeeet....thanks man, that helped!
  • erichblas2005erichblas2005 Your Native Texan Houston,Texas Member
    edited February 2005
    I tried it this didn't work. :help: or is it just me. I have win xp home with sp 1.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2005
    Just to clarrify this only works with the same version of windows the serial numbers have to match. You can't take this file and pass it off to all your friends.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited February 2005
    Yep, the "editing" of this file will be a tip for another day, right kryyst? riGHT!
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2005
    I'm not bad with a hex editor but editing a 128bit encrypted key file is way beyond my skills.
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited February 2005
    darn!
  • erichblas2005erichblas2005 Your Native Texan Houston,Texas Member
    edited March 2005
    I still can't do this I've tried every thing. :help:
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited March 2005
    Ok so what exactly did you do? Maybe you are doing the steps wrong.
  • erichblas2005erichblas2005 Your Native Texan Houston,Texas Member
    edited March 2005
    Well I followed the directions you gave everyone on this tread.
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