naji Posted September 5, 2004 Posted September 5, 2004 HI ALL, is it possible to disable the product activation process in an XP CD??? i was thinking about using make cab on the WPA.dbl file after the initial installation & activation so that the modified file can be integrated to a windows source on a CD... CAN THIS WORK???help me out here guys....thnks in advance....
prathapml Posted September 5, 2004 Posted September 5, 2004 If you have a license, it should be possible for you to get it activated. Then, just place WPA.DBL in "$OEM$\$$\System32\OOBE" for use the next time you install (to have it pre-activated). This doesn't in any way DISABLE activation - its only doing it automatically for you.That's all. Why do you want to complicate it?
naji Posted September 5, 2004 Author Posted September 5, 2004 okay....thats sounds simple....but could it work my way???
naji Posted September 5, 2004 Author Posted September 5, 2004 oh!! and another thing....i do have a legit Windows XP pro CD and it doesnt seem to work when duplicated or copied....is this some kind of software protection procedure from microsoft???
naji Posted September 6, 2004 Author Posted September 6, 2004 comon guys!!! doesnt nobody reply anymore???
nolookingca Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 The file from 1 systems probably doesn't work on another system.
naji Posted September 6, 2004 Author Posted September 6, 2004 hey sorry abt that doggie....didnt know i broke the rulz...and nolookingca...what do u mean files from one system doesnt work on others??im not talkin abt modifiying anything from this CD....just that a duplicated CD of the original does not work.....
SiMoNsAyS Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 @naji, what nolookingca it's trying to say it's that your wpa.dbl it's hardware dependant and it prevents to activate your product in a different hardware profile, so if you don't use that file on the same machine it won't work.
naji Posted September 6, 2004 Author Posted September 6, 2004 Oh!! is that right.... i got a bit confused becuz i was talkin abt two different issues here.... so the wpa.dbl is hardware dependant... ****!!! i also have a version of Windows XP that does not require activation... can i still find one that does not require this process...or does all the latest XP cds come with the activation feature???
prathapml Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 just that a duplicated CD of the original does not work.....Well, the retail CD has some copy-protection in the newer packaged ones. Also, the reason its not working might be simple - the boot-sector, lol.
naji Posted September 6, 2004 Author Posted September 6, 2004 Hey parathapml....i duplicated the original using a CD duplicator....i thought this process duplicates an exact image of the source.....inculiding the boot sectorand i didnt say i had a problem with booting up from this CD....but setup terminates after copying the files....
prathapml Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 If the setup is getting choked - either your source-CD was scratched, or your new copied CD's media wasn't of very good quality.
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