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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:14 pm Post subject: How to Change a Windows XP Product Key |
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http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Windows-XP-Product-Key
1. Click start in the bottom left corner, then click run.
Change your XP CD Key Change your Windows Product Key with KeyChanger. Free Download.
www.KeyTech-Software.com/KeyChanger
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Type 'Regedit' in the white text field, and click OK. This should open the Registry Editor.
3Navigate to the following registry key.
Hkey_local_machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents
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Right click 'OOBETimer', in that registry key that you just navigated to and then click 'Modify'.
5Change one or more digits to anything random.
6Click start and then click run.
7Paste '%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a', in the white text field,.
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Select 'Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows', then click next.
9Click "Change Product key"
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Type the new product key into the small white text fields and then click update.
11Check that you get a message similar to 'You have successfully activated your copy of Windows.', if you do, restart your computer, and you're done!
12Make sure you are connected to the internet in this process! |
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