weEvil Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I need to make 2003 think its windows XP. I have apps that "require" XP to run. They check the system they are installed on and refuse to complete instalation. A few drivers do this too.I have 2003 R2 Corporate runnig.I tried the Windows X conversion... but it has no effect. WGA keeps telling me to activate at logon.Apparantely its a problem with winlogon.exe on Corporate. Works with all other versions of 2003, I tried it. But I need coprorate.Has anybody modified the platform identifier manually? If you can't post it, could someone PM me with a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Have you tried to install them in Compatibility mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Have you tried to install them in Compatibility mode?No. Why would that make a difference? Its still modifying the files either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridShadow Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I know there was a program called TweakNT and it allowed you to switch between versions. Is that what you are looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 I know there was a program called TweakNT and it allowed you to switch between versions. Is that what you are looking for?I just want something that change the OS identifier.So instead of saying windows 5.2.XXX it says 5.1.XXX so I can install drivers and software that wants to run on 5.1.XXX exclusivelly. Or something like that.I'll try TweakNT. Maybe it can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ok. Tried TweakNT. Its just a regular tweaking program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDamm Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 You could probably do it in the registry by altering the specific key as I'm pretty sure that's where the system gets the info, but I've never done myself. Running in compatibility mode is a better idea because some programs just won't run well on 2003 Server. I run server and while it soes come up once in a while, for the most part it's not an issue. If a program won't load or run in compatibility mode it will eventually cause problems on your machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 I have tried the apps on the 180 day trial of server. The non-corporate version. I changed it using Windows X's conversion tool. It makes 2003 like XP. Changes OS identifier also. All the apps work perfectly fine.It has problems with Corporate edition which is what I am currently using. So I would like to know how to do it manually or with another tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridShadow Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) The TweakNT program you linked to isn't the same one. The one I am talking about is hard to find because it is, lets say frowned upon.It looks like this link Edited April 22, 2007 by HybridShadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Yes tweakNT is very frowned upon lets not post any links to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) Woot! Now you got my hopes up. Someone PM me a link. edit: NVM. Apparantelly modifyng os identifier on Corporate Server messes with the "licence" and thus it locks you out of the system.Guess I'm just gonna have to use Standard Edition then. Edited April 22, 2007 by brucevangeorge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legionaire Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 You might want to give Resplendent Resolver a try. It works like an extension to the default compability mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Thank you very much for your help.I will try TweakNT or Windows X's application on a new install of Server 2003 Standard Edition. Supposedly there are issues with Corporate/Enterprise when modifying the OS identifier.Thanks for your help though. Appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfoos Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Thank you very much for your help.I will try TweakNT or Windows X's application on a new install of Server 2003 Standard Edition. Supposedly there are issues with Corporate/Enterprise when modifying the OS identifier.Thanks for your help though. Appreciate it.Yes, if you use either xpconvert or TweakNT or NTSwitch to change the platform ID of any VLK edition of Windows XP or 2k3, it will cause a problem. It's easily circumvented, but like TweakNT, discussion of the method and any tools required is frowned upon. It can be done, but honestly, you will still run into a few apps that will give you grief as your OS is still server 2003. At least with xpconvert, it leaves it so the OS is still detected as server. Most of the apps I've had trouble with will either install in compatibility mode or in the case of msi installers, a droped row in the launch conditions using orca or qwerty.msi will get around it. I'm not sure about TweakNT as it's been many years since I've messed around with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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