How to Activate Windows XP With a Different Key
Reactivating your current copy of Windows XP with a different product key is necessary when you plan on moving your current XP license to a different computer, or when you discover, to your dismay, that someone has pirated your current key. Accomplish this by resetting the activation utility from within the system registry; this procedure takes less than 10 minutes.
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Instructions
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Click "Start" and click "Run."
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Type "regedit" and press "Enter."
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Open these folders in the order listed: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents."
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Right click "ODBETimer." Choose "Modify."
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Change any character and press "Enter." Click "Start," "Run," type "C:\windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a", and press "Enter" to reactivate.
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