NEED XP ACTIVATION !

Running XP in a virtual machine, for older software that won't run in
current Windows versions. Can only get XP activation for 30 days. All
solutions refer to a registry key ending in
....CurrentVersion\WPAEvents. I don't have anything WPA and don't know
what it is. Desperately need a fix to avoid XP reinstallation every 30
days. Thanks. Post or Email

Il giorno Wed 05 Jul 2017 03:51:49p, *SteveGG* ha inviato su
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Desperately need a fix to avoid XP reinstallation every 30
days. Thanks.

if you have windows 7 at least professional, the XP license for the virtual
pc is included (no starter, no home)

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Ammammata wrote:
Il giorno Wed 05 Jul 2017 03:51:49p, *SteveGG* ha inviato su
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Desperately need a fix to avoid XP reinstallation every 30
days. Thanks.

if you have windows 7 at least professional, the XP license for the virtual
pc is included (no starter, no home)


How about Windows 7 Ultimate?

On 07/05/2017 09:51 AM, SteveGG wrote:
Running XP in a virtual machine, for older software that won't run in
current Windows versions. Can only get XP activation for 30 days. All
solutions refer to a registry key ending in
...CurrentVersion\WPAEvents. I don't have anything WPA and don't know
what it is. Desperately need a fix to avoid XP reinstallation every 30
days. Thanks. Post or Email

Buy a license! Windows in any version is not legal without a license.

Il giorno Wed 05 Jul 2017 04:38:45p, *Jack Fate* ha inviato su
alt.windows7.general il messaggio news cosa ha scritto:


How about Windows 7 Ultimate?



it's ok as well


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I'd gladly pay for an XP license, BUT can't find any way through MS !

( my base 7 home premium system is already licensed )

SteveGG wrote:

I'd gladly pay for an XP license, BUT can't find any way through MS !

( my base 7 home premium system is already licensed )

ebay.

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At least there when something doesn't work,
I don't have the illusion that I can fix it.

On 05/07/2017 14:51, SteveGG wrote:
Running XP in a virtual machine, for older software that won't run in
current Windows versions. Can only get XP activation for 30 days. All
solutions refer to a registry key ending in
...CurrentVersion\WPAEvents. I don't have anything WPA and don't know
what it is. Desperately need a fix to avoid XP reinstallation every 30
days. Thanks. Post or Email

This idiot seems to have problems with all Windows system. Why he is
bothered to use one is beyond any intelligent person. He should just
dump the stuff he currently owns and start using pen and paper. Problem
solved.





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Well, always the fool, as usual !

You're the first hand expert on "idiot"

Thanks for reply Auric.

I placed an order which is supposed to include a product key.

Hope there's a way to activate beyond 30 days.

SteveGG wrote:
Thanks for reply Auric.

I placed an order which is supposed to include a product key.

Hope there's a way to activate beyond 30 days.

rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

Be aware, there are a limited number of re-arms, and 30 days each.

If you are down to seven days now, and you've never re-armed,
you could do that now, using an administrator account.

Make a backup, do it, if account info doesn't look good,
restore from backup.

On a VM, this can be relatively easy to do, depending on
the container type. Just copy the whole container.

Paul

rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

Why do this, in detail ?

Be aware, there are a limited number of re-arms, and 30 days each.

What's a re-arm ?

If you are down to seven days now, and you've never re-armed,
you could do that now, using an administrator account.

I'm on my 3rd XP reinstallation and still have 27 days to activate.

On a VM, this can be relatively easy to do, depending on
the container type. Just copy the whole container.

I think the containers are VirtualBox and VirtualBox\VMs under
User\Stephen\ on the host system (?)

How does this all relate tp activation, in detail ?

SteveGG wrote:
rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

Why do this, in detail ?

Be aware, there are a limited number of re-arms, and 30 days each.

What's a re-arm ?

If you are down to seven days now, and you've never re-armed,
you could do that now, using an administrator account.

I'm on my 3rd XP reinstallation and still have 27 days to activate.
On a VM, this can be relatively easy to do, depending on
the container type. Just copy the whole container.

I think the containers are VirtualBox and VirtualBox\VMs under
User\Stephen\ on the host system (?)

How does this all relate tp activation, in detail ?

I thought you were seeing a warning, that you were
close to the end.

You should be able to buy a copy of WinXP off Ebay,
in time to enter the key and activate your WinXP VM.

*******

The OS is designed to be maintained by IT people.

IT people prepare a "master image" for deployment to
new lease machines. From the day the CD is installed
on their technician machine, until the day they're ready
to deploy, could be quite long. Maybe they have a number
of components to add to the image, before deployment.

The grace period on entering a license key and
communicating with the Microsoft activation server
is 30 days.

However, on day 29 you can do.

rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

Now, you get another 30 days.

On day 59, you can do

rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

On day 89, the OS sez "this copy of WinXP is not genuine"
or otherwise folds up the tent. Your re-arms are now
exhausted.

That's a demonstration of how the grace period can be extended.

For home users, it's hard to imagine a
technical issue, that requires such a long delay.
But Enterprise employees may need that long a duration,
to prepare an image.

If you have 27 days left, you should be able to get
a disc from someone, in that time period.

Paul

You should be able to buy a copy of WinXP off Ebay,
in time to enter the key and activate your WinXP VM.

Well I just did BUT even when I get it, and enter the provided ID
code, it will still demand activation, and offer a choice of on-line
or phone. On-line doesn't work and phone is useless. I've tried both
with other previous installations and NG.

On Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:38:54 -0400, Paul
wrote:

You should be able to buy a copy of WinXP off Ebay,
in time to enter the key and activate your WinXP VM.
[snip]
If you have 27 days left, you should be able to get
a disc from someone, in that time period.

If the hardware originally had an OEM installation by one of the main
hardware vendors, then it should be possible to reactivate it using
the sticker on the casing. If not, then things get much more
complicated, and much less certain ...

The first thing to note is that I doubt whether a disk bought randomly
off eBay will be any help, since AIUI some years ago now MS stopped
allowing NEW activations of XP, they only allow RE-activations of
Product Keys (PKs) ALREADY activated.

Accordingly, following some recent similar discussions here, I did two
experiments:
:-( To check whether MS were still checking OEM vs RETAIL
installatations, I tried temporarily using the OEM PK off a dead PC to
upgrade an old self-build P4 from Win2k to WinXP, but the upgraded
build wouldn't authorise. No matter, I just re-imaged it back to its
2k build. But it showed that MS are still differentiating between
what were originally OEM and originally Retail editions.
:-) To check whether MS were still checking the actual hardware
checksums, I tried temporarily putting an XP build on a PC of the same
manufacture but a different model from the original PC, and that
authenticated. (However, I've now got a W7 build on that PC, because
I don't have a full XP 64-bit build with all the updates, only a
32-bit one, and that was very slow on a 64-bit PC, otherwise I'd
probably have been happier to keep XP.)

So, AISI, the OP has two choices, neither guaranteed to work, but
either may do so ...

(S)he could buy a second-hand RETAIL (note that) edition and try to
use the PK from that, but would probably have to contact MS to
reactivate it, and they may or may not be helpful - I would imagine
that at least the original owner would have had to unregister his own
PC in some way, or not have been in contact with an MS server for at
least a number of months.

(S)he could buy a dead 'for-parts' PC of similar manufacture and
preferably similar specs and try to use the PK from that. If the
hardware is similar enough, the PK may authenticate without human
contact with MS being necessary.
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