I found this on this site. http://www.xptuneup.com/tip0025.htm#marker3 They have many wonderful tip's. But here ya go. You know how you hate to call microsuck to activate windows? Well if you have a legal copy of windows and legal activation. Then copy the wpa.dbl file from the windows directory to a floppy or something. Then when reinstalling windows copy the file back to the windows directory and reboot. Now it should be activated once aain without calling. I havnt tried this yet, but it seems to be a good idea. And might work. And no this is not breaking rules by talking about hacking or cracks. This is just a way to legally reactivate windows without calling them. Have fun and make sure to read their page. They have many tips and reg hacks that work good!:>
Yes I thought so. I tried to find a proggy to open it to decipher it, but cant. So maybe someone can delve deeper. But when i get my new sata drives in raid and have to reinstall my primary comp I will post if it works.:>
Here is something I have in my How To folder! Isn't it galling that we need to contact Microsoft for "permission" if we choose to reinstall a product that we already legally own and use, and have "stamped" so before?! This method of copyright protection has not exactly rollicked among customers. Well, no worries, there is a trick for getting around product activation for Windows XP when reinstalling. If you have successfully activated the OS already, and if you are reinstalling it on the existing hardware, this trick should do just fine. Here it is: Copy the file c:\windows\system32\wpa.dbl to a floppy. Reinstall Windows XP. Boot to a DOS disk if you are using FAT, or to the Recovery Console if using NTFS. Copy the file from the first step above back to c:\windows\system32. That's it - because all of your hardware is the same as before, your copy of WinXP is still valid according to the previous activation. That's it. That should do it!
