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I agree with army20, you can say byebye to your data ... But perhaps, if you have your last SID you can change the new SID of your actual system (with NewSID from sysinternals.com) and you can use same name & password and perhaps windows can decrypt , don't have too hope ...

In fact you want to backup your disk no ? To perfect backup, use Norton Ghost from Symantec, don't know it ?!

Why you can't use Ghost ?!

okay gunsmokingman, but it's just for Pro or Home version ... I think there is no differences between corp/vlk and pro in windows, but I think there is registry key or files for activation differs with retail version ... Reading http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61066, I will check the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid] ... Thanks all. Goodbye. EDIT: My main command form my batch to check my windows xp version : for /f "skip=4 tokens=3" %%i in ('reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid /v Pid') do set Pid=%%i

hmm programming a exe just for that is too complicated for me (I must reinstall my old visual studio 2003 provided by my school ^^ ... and take several time ...) I think there is a file/registry key/whatever differs from each channel (in fact is term from Microsoft to design 'version' Home,Pro, Corp) of Windows XP.

Policie editor to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del ... but can't close anything else !

Wrong, it's [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] key.

okay Dr.God, but it's limited for just Home & Pro, for Corporate edition, I don't have any idea ...

Yes it's possible ... Batch to detect Windows license, OEM or VL for /f "skip=4 tokens=3" %%? in ('reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid /v Pid') do set Pid=%%? set Pid=%Pid:~-3% if '%Pid%'=='270' echo WinXP VL version detected && WhatCommandYouWant if '%Pid%'=='OEM' echo WinXP OEM version detected && WhatOtherCommandYouWant exit Credits to Yzöwl for his batch's knowledge ! Title edited as per request. --Zxian

wrong oioldman, doesn't on any windows xp with service pack (1 or 2) .. jsut work with the rtm windows ... If you have windows, you can phone to microsoft to activate windows without any problem, just says " I have resinstalled windows because I have a virus ..." ...

I don't use sysprep & co but I think you can't have one HAL or replace just the HAL ... but experts will answer to you more precisely ! Goodbye.

You cant' change limit (it's hardcoded for the moment), just windows 98 has a unknow limit ...

secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb /verbose In GUI mode I must rename the database (to secedit_off.sdb), I reset the secedit_off.sdb, I restore original name and I reboot, and it's all be done ... Goodbye.

Volume license = corporate (for me it's that !) so : Volume key doesn't require any activation ... @Andromeda43 : okay for the bug from the board!

@Incroyable HULK: You can add these hotfixes in non-critical section ... (Found by HFChkNet Protect) * KB893357-v2, Allow to use WPA2 (wifi security mode) in Windows XP. * KB906569-v2, New MSConfig, with a new tab "Utils" (to launch certain .cpl and more). * KB889527-v3, Fix a bug in Windows Firewall when ICMP is authorized and keep blocked.

Norton Ghost for $7.95 ?! where ?!

@Andromeda43 : wow double post in one post ^^ By the way, you say we can use xp pro license key on a home edition ? if yes great to know ... however you can't use a xp corp key on xp pro and vice versa ... I think the key of Lord-Beldingfield begin with F C K G W ^^ the most pirated key of the world. edit: Scootermyth, you're faster than me ^^

@nightflyer : Remove your license key ...

If I remember it's msgina.dll (search for *gina*.dll ...) Goodbye.

Why not the latest ? Via Hyperion Pro 5.04a

REG ADD %KEY%\036 /VE /D "Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\036 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\$OEM$\install\dotnetfx.exe /Q /C:\"install.exe /Q\"" /f Because reg add think you close the command on the second " ... http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/me...s/runonceex.htm

hum strange, try to find an util on the web to clean windows from Msn Messenger ... and reinstall it after cleaning ... Goodluck.

Windows XP can boot on other model but it's lucky ... if windows can't boot for you, you can resinstall windows without losing any documents/programs/settings ... (fr: Au premier menu d'installation (boot avec cd) tu choisit Installer Windows et au second menu tu choisit Réparer, et tu retrouve tout, faudra juste repatcher windows car tous les fichiers systèmes sont restaurés ...) ++

excuse me, I don't understand all what you say (I'm french ) ... You want to change to %UsersProfile%, you want to restore the original value ? If yes, you must type %UserProfile% (without 'S' after User ...)

and you can't find the msi file ? just pick up from the orginal .exe by extracting files using Winrar ...