I am working on making a Windows XP Home Automated install cd and the Activation prompt is bugging me. Is there any way to disable the Windows XP Home Activation from the CD or network drive that the OS is installed from? Thanks in advance for any help.

Not if you want to be legal.

If you want to completely remove activation, then that's not legal.

But if you're only making this CD for your yourself, then you have 2 options:

1. Set the install to automatically activate itself (by setting Autoactivate=yes) in winnt.sif

2. Have the activation file on CD itself. Here's how to do that:

• Activate your windows
  
• Go to the folder "C:\Windows\System32" and copy away the file "wpa.dbl".
  
• Now put that file in this path on your CD - "$OEM$\$$\system32\wpa.dbl".
  

Both the two possible options for you, are simple. Its just that you can't use this for multiple computers - you can only use it for 1 PC, but as many times as you want.

1. Set the install to automatically activate itself (by setting Autoactivate=yes) in winnt.sif

2. Have the activation file on CD itself. Here's how to do that:

Activate your windows

Go to the folder "C:\Windows\System32" and copy away the file "wpa.dbl".

Now put that file in this path on your CD - "$OEM$\$$\system32\wpa.dbl".

can u pls explain deeper a bit , coz i a bit of confuse here ...

izzit the activate procedule doing it off line or it's still have to go on9 ...

If you use the first option - (setting autoactivate=yes in winnt.sif) - that will do the activation online, but by itself without you needing to do anything. That will work only if you have already activated previously once on that PC, with a valid key.

The second option, happens completely offline and easy.

TQ for your reply ... but i have another weird question here ...

Script Code:

strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _

"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colWindowsProducts = objWMIService.ExecQuery _

("SELECT * FROM Win32_WindowsProductActivation")

For Each objWindowsProduct In colWindowsProducts

objWindowsProduct.ActivateOffline("1234-1234")

Next

i found this script saying tht can allow the windows preform a offline activation, but i just cannot figure it out ... can any1 pls give me some guide line ...