For some reason, I got a desktop.
It runs Windows XP, it wasn’t working at the moment, so I used the Microsoft sticker, AND IT WORKED… The only problem is that now microsoft website says that it is not genuine XP, so i did some searching. I found this website that says to do this:
1. Open up Notepad.
2. Copy the following code and paste it in notepad.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data – do not use)”
“ProductId”=”55274-640-1011873-23081″
“DigitalProductId”=hex:a4,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,35,35,32,37,34,2d,36,34,30,2d,\
31,30,31,31,38,37,33,2d,32,33,30,38,31,00,2e,00,00,00,41,32,32,2d,30,30,30,\
30,31,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,56,4e,4c,21,1b,2b,6a,a3,78,8e,8f,98,5c,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,dd,da,47,41,cc,6b,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,38,31,30,32,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b5,16,\
00,00,83,83,1f,38,f8,01,00,00,f5,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,e5,70,f3
“LicenseInfo”=hex:33,b7,21,c1,e5,e7,cd,4b,fd,7c,c6,35,51,fd,52,57,17,86,3e,18,\
d3,f4,8c,8e,35,32,7b,d1,43,8d,61,38,60,a4,ca,55,c9,9a,35,17,46,7a,4f,91,fc,\
4a,d9,db,64,5c,c4,e2,0f,34,f3,ea
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd
3. Then save it in .reg extension. For example, save it as License.reg
4. Double click the saved file and click Yes if prompted.
5. DONE! Your Windows XP is genuine now.
I am paranoid, so I want to know if this is real… THANKS!
System: Windows
Tagged: product key, product registration, windows genuine advantage, windows tips, windows xp
11 Answers - Write an Answer
ha14
January 24, 2013if it is genuine key, perhaps you need to phone activation, means you have to call microsoft by phone to activate it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890
Yeah… but shouldn’t it be genuine? Because I used the product key on the microsoft sticker that all computers should have, right?
January 25, 2013maybe be someone saw that key of yours and is using the same and it got pirated
February 3, 2013Anyways… I’m just wondering if this reg. editor will work…
January 25, 2013you took it from here
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/21885-Windows-XP-tells-me-that-I-need-to-reactivate-Windows-within-3-days-!
you can try, It can say it’s activated , but after some time perhaps it will ask to activate it again!
How to Make Windows XP Genuine Forever
January 25, 2013http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Windows-XP-Genuine-Forever
Why bother? If you bought windows, you can even use a pirated copy instead and its still legal.
January 27, 2013activation can also be success with (pirated) copy but some copies are not well done like drivers corrupted…this can cause other stability problems like explorer hangs…
January 27, 2013Thats why you trial on error. You can either download and try multiple moded windows xp copies and see which one works best, or altrenatively you can just mod it yourself with nlite to make them suitable to your personal taste. Thats what I did, I modded many dlls to replace icons and edit dialogs and it works better than original (thanks to tweaks)
January 31, 2013having perso Windows xp its very good thing:)
January 31, 2013Junil Maharjan
January 25, 2013modifying some part of the registry does not make it genuine, it just bypasses the windows genuine activation or WGA so that it won’t effect some of the windows softwares from running.
Well…. I wanna make it genuine because it is…. it has this annoying logo on the bottom… it says it is a “blocked OEM license key”
February 27, 2013Alan Wade
January 25, 2013If you have a genuine Windows key then the obvious and logical choice would be for phone activation. If you start messing around in the registry you may be lucky or you may well disable your machine!
It helps If you KNOW what are you doing. No luck required and it will work.
January 27, 2013Nevzat Akkaya
January 25, 2013Firstly make sure that the License Key on the sticker is for the exact Windows version installed on the PC. OEM/Retail,Home/Professional these are all different editions and require different license keys.
Jan Fritsch
January 25, 2013The string “DigitalProductId” should contain an encoded version of the Product Key currently used by the Windows installation.
So to answer your question: The one you found on the internet might be genuine but since it is from the internet that is unlikely.
If you have a Microsoft Windows XP sticker on the side of the machine it should have a Product Key which is indeed valid.
Now, you said you used that key but it is still reported as not genuine.
- make sure you activated Windows via the internet or via the activation hotline.
- try the multitude of solutions to fix genuine issues with a valid license (see link)
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/tag/genuine-advantage/
If all fails I would suggest to reinstall Windows as the previous owner might have used some activation “remover” or something that broke the Genuine check.
Achraf Almouloudi
January 26, 2013Modifying the registry will probably work and will, on the other hand, probably screw your computer.
If you know what are you doing then editing registry will only solve many problems.
January 27, 2013Yes. I actually mean : if the question’s poster knows what the code above will do or knows what to touch, then it’ll solve the problem, but if the code is malicious or the person just start to randomly change values … then you know you’ll be in the heart of Windows problems.
January 27, 2013Even if you are not completely sure what are you doing you can still do something that its called backup_before_making_changes.
January 31, 2013Yes a registry backup and a restore point would help but that’s only if you still can access Windows or the Safe Mode and things didn’t go horribly wrong.
January 31, 2013Tech geek
January 26, 2013If you use genuine windows xp so first you do phone activation
Ahmed Musani
January 27, 2013call microsoft US via skype and activate. it’s free
Jordyn Bushaw
January 29, 2013Doing this would be piracy to Microsoft because you did not activate Windows. If it is asking for you to activate Windows still, and the online activation process does not successfully activate, try using the phone activation wizard, and if it asks how many PCs the product key has been used on say 1.
Indronil Mondal
February 3, 2013call microsoft for help they will surely help you
Scott Macmillan
February 27, 2013It only bypasses the activation.It doesn’t make it legal.