Thread: help with Windows XP!!!!

So my operating system is windows xp and i never activated it and before i knew it, it was too late to activate. so now its locked and it wont let me activate it. I need a good activation number to use. so if someone can help it would be greatly apreciated

Try a Google search for "antiwpa"

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friend of mine had his copy come up with the "not genuine" screen, he used a xp key generator and only took 3 tries for it to find a valid key and let him re-activate

Activation (wpa) and "not genuine" (wga) errors are two separate things.
muBlinder is one of the more effective solutions for wga issues.

You could re-install and then enter your acitivation key if you have one.
I think there was a limit to how many times you could activate on the same machine before you had to ring up.

But once you do activate it, copy two files and youl never have to go through that provess ever again. I used it all the time when I was on XP.

There are two files in the system directory that contain the activation information. Keep these on a usb drive/upload them somewhere and next time you re-format. Just copy those files back in and overite and restart. Instant activation <-- Only when you genuinly activated once before.

1. Go to the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
2. Find the files "wpa.dbl" and "wpa.bak" and copy them to a safe location.
3. After you have reinstalled Windows XP on your reformatted hard drive, click "No" when asked if you want to go ahead and go through the activation process.
4. Double-click on the "C" drive.
5. Copy your original "wpa.dbl" and "wpa.bak" into the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

This is going to help you a great deal after you activate it, so make sure you do it.


If your going down the crack route aka through a "loader" or "antiwpa", then this doesnt really apply.
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