A
Anne Onime
Flightless Bird
I have a PC that XP was installed on, but not activated.
Thus, nobody could logon. So I did this:
Find the install CD (must agree Home/Pro, language etc.)
With another PC, put in the CD and run windows explorer,
open \support\tools\deploy.cab
extract sysprep.exe, setupcl.exe, factory.exe to a floppy
switch the problem PC on, hit F8
select safe mode command prompt
cd \windows\system32
del wpa.*
put the floppy in and run a:sysprep.exe
select [reseal]
the PC shuts down, switch on again
It repeats the last phase of setup, including entering
the 25-character key again.
Next time you reboot, you can logon again.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS TRICK A FEW TIMES.
Thus, nobody could logon. So I did this:
Find the install CD (must agree Home/Pro, language etc.)
With another PC, put in the CD and run windows explorer,
open \support\tools\deploy.cab
extract sysprep.exe, setupcl.exe, factory.exe to a floppy
switch the problem PC on, hit F8
select safe mode command prompt
cd \windows\system32
del wpa.*
put the floppy in and run a:sysprep.exe
select [reseal]
the PC shuts down, switch on again
It repeats the last phase of setup, including entering
the 25-character key again.
Next time you reboot, you can logon again.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS TRICK A FEW TIMES.