Activation Key Change help required

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I recently downloaded a program to allow me to change my xp pro key to allow
me to download the sp1.

i still have the code but cannot remember how to get to the stage where i
can choose to change it on my system, i know it has something to do with
selecting choose activate by phone, but i can't remember how to get there!!

help please!!!!!
 
Adders said:
I recently downloaded a program to allow me to change my xp pro key
to allow me to download the sp1.

i still have the code but cannot remember how to get to the stage
where i can choose to change it on my system, i know it has something
to do with selecting choose activate by phone, but i can't remember
how to get there!!

help please!!!!!
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Start > Run > Type: %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a

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MixNet said:
Help with piracy? I dont think so.
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How do you know that the OP isn't trying to change from a pirated to a
legit PK?

Or mixed up the PK's with another computer they own, and accidently have
the same PK on 2 computers, and is just trying to set things right?

You are an ASS for automatically assuming that the OP is trying to
pirate XP.

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trapped said:
if you have a legit copy of windows you shouldnt need to change the
key and you should be able to activate online without having to go to
the phone support. Why would you have to change the cd key?
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Because the OP wants to.

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thanks for one sensible reply!!!

if i wanted a lesson on morality i would have asked for it, but i just asked
for help with a problem, for which i eventually got an answer, to that
person thanks.
 
Adders said:
thanks for one sensible reply!!!

if i wanted a lesson on morality i would have asked for it [...]
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Seems to be a problem on these MS boards, a lot of the posters want to give
morality lessons, especially some of the MVPs.

Alias
 
Interesting.
I do not recognize any of those who answered as an MVP.
Aparently you just took an opporatunity to poke a jab since you aparently
had nothing of value to offer.
 
Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

Aparently you just took an opporatunity to poke a jab since you
aparently had nothing of value to offer.
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Right back at you! ROFL!

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MixNet said:
lol. I wasn't giving you morality, I was giving you law.
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Which law would that be numbnuts? MS's EULA is not an effin' law.
The steps you are taking to and the reason you are taking gives away
some pretty strong hints that its not legit.
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Like I already mentioned, there are some very valid reasons for doing
what the OP wanted to do.
And since you didn't
refute what I said, but instead decided to tell me a little bit about
your version of morality... I just have to laugh.
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The laugh of a village idiot! The OP's non-refutation proves nothing
other than you are a complete ass to ASSume that it means anything.

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MixNet said:
lol. I wasn't giving you morality, I was giving you law.
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Um, breaking or not breaking the law is a morality question. I refer you to
the Boston tea party as an example. Traditionally, many laws are changed
through breaking them as exemplified by prohibition in the first part of the
last century. Do you think we would be having gay marriages if all the gays
had stayed in the closet?

Many people think that non "legit" software is morally OK to use, others
don't. Some think that installing one XP CD on all their computers is
"legit", others don't.

Alias
 
Interesting.
I do not recognize any of those who answered as an MVP.
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And your reason for thinking that I was referring to the specific posters in
this thread are?
Aparently you just took an opporatunity to poke a jab since you aparently
had nothing of value to offer.
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Sure I did. It was a warning to be careful with the "moral" people on this
board like you.

Alias
 
What is to be careful of if you are moral?
As opposed to immoral?
Just what are you afraid of that you feel a warning is necessary?
 
Jupiter Jones said:
What is to be careful of if you are moral?
As opposed to immoral?
Just what are you afraid of that you feel a warning is necessary?
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What may be a moral thing to do for one person and immoral to another and
that's why it's best to stay out of morality questions. For example, I think
MS' EULA is immoral, sneaky and a scam and others don't.

Alias
 
Alias said:
What may be a moral thing to do for one person and immoral to another and
that's why it's best to stay out of morality questions. For example, I
think MS' EULA is immoral, sneaky and a scam and others don't.

Alias
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That may be, but that doesn't justify stealing.
 
Jupiter said:
What is to be careful of if you are moral?
As opposed to immoral?
Just what are you afraid of that you feel a warning is necessary?
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Almost every "moralist" I've even known are also the biggest hypocrites
I've ever known.

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HeeroYuy said:
That may be, but that doesn't justify stealing.
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Stealing what? Is someone trying to steal a CD or some other material
object?

Hell, all we have in this thread are a lot of baseless accusations
against the OP, with absolutely no proof of software infringement (which
is different than "stealing," sh*t-for-brains), or breech of contract,
let alone the OP actually been found guilty of either. This is still
America, where people are supposedly presumed innocent until PROVEN
guilty!

Most "moralists" have no problem bearing false witness.

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MixNet said:
Actually I was thinking of adding that, but i didn't want it to get
out of hand. :)
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How about adding what effin' law you were talking about?!



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Alias said:
Stealing what? Sorry, I don't follow.

Alias
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If the OP had a legitimate copy of Windows XP, he wouldn't need to find
another product key that'll allow him to run the service packs. Hence, it's
stealing.
 
HeeroYuy said:
If the OP had a legitimate copy of Windows XP, he wouldn't need to
find another product key that'll allow him to run the service packs.
Hence, it's stealing.
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Even accepting your baseless assumption, it would NOT be stealing.
Stealing is theft of a material object, and a criminal offense.

Using one copy of pirated software is a civil, not a criminal offense.
It would be copyright infringement, not stealing. They are two
different things.

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