How to change official CD-Key for WinXP/Win2000 without re-installing OS?

[Frank Callone]

Assume the following situation:

Two partners running together a company and share several computers with Win2000 and WinXP OS.
Then they break up their joint venture business.
One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.

The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he wants to apply his own, new licences
to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and all the stuff on it again.

Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to the new owner and the new licence?

As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
Is there a workaround?

Frank

 

[Dave Patrick]

As long as you have licenses it's a non-issue. I wouldn't worry about it.
You can ask them here but they'll tell you the same thing.

How and When to Contact Microsoft Customer Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];295539

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Assume the following situation:
|
| Two partners running together a company and share several computers with
Win2000 and WinXP OS.
| Then they break up their joint venture business.
| One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.
|
| The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he wants
to apply his own, new licences
| to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and
all the stuff on it again.
|
| Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to
the new owner and the new licence?
|
| As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
| Is there a workaround?
|
| Frank
|

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP Product Key Modifier
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2745.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| Assume the following situation:
|
| Two partners running together a company and share several computers with Win2000 and WinXP OS.
| Then they break up their joint venture business.
| One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.
|
| The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he wants to apply his own, new licences
| to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and all the stuff on it again.
|
| Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to the new owner and the new licence?
|
| As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
| Is there a workaround?
|
| Frank

 

[peterk]

Repair Installation................lose nothing
peterk

 

[WTC]

Assume the following situation:

Two partners running together a company and share several computers with
Win2000 and WinXP OS.
Then they break up their joint venture business.
One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.

The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he wants
to apply his own, new licences
to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and
all the stuff on it again.

Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to
the new owner and the new licence?

As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
Is there a workaround?

How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based
computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328874

You can change the key like this in any XP system regardless of what Service
Pack has been installed.

To change the name of the registered info, change the following registry
keys

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Change the Values for "RegisteredOwner" and "RegisteredOrganization".

 

[WTC]

Assume the following situation:

Two partners running together a company and share several computers with
Win2000 and WinXP OS.
Then they break up their joint venture business.
One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.

The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he wants
to apply his own, new licences
to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and
all the stuff on it again.

Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to
the new owner and the new licence?

As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
Is there a workaround?

How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based
computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328874

You can change the key like this in any XP system regardless of what Service
Pack has been installed.

To change the name of the registered info, change the following registry
keys

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Change the Values for "RegisteredOwner" and "RegisteredOrganization".

 

[All Things Mopar]

Dave Patrick commented thusly:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];295539

For an OEM license, this won't work. I'm not sure about retail,
but aren't the "free" M$ tech support calls limited to just a
couple? About the only times I've been able to escape the $35
charge per incident is when they couldn't fix the problem (once)
or when I'd discovered a Windoze bug (once). The best thing I
can say, is that at least you can call as many times as it takes
on the same incident, which in my case was 5 calls once.

 

[Gordon]

Assume the following situation:

Two partners running together a company and share several computers
with Win2000 and WinXP OS.
Then they break up their joint venture business.
One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.

The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he
wants to apply his own, new licences
to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS
and all the stuff on it again.

Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information
to the new owner and the new licence?

As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
process and cannot be applied (normally) later. Is there a workaround?

Frank

Do a repair install and change the licence key there.

 

[Steve Duff [MVP]]

The simple way is to just put in the CD and do an in-place upgrade. This will ask for a key and you can change it there. You will
need to reapply service packs and updates later than the version of the CD, but your existing Windows configuration and installed
programs are preserved.

It should be noted here that you cannot "buy" MS O/S licenses alone. For operating systems you either get OEM product with a license
with the machine, or you have to get full or upgrade retail box product with a license. There is no other way to get a valid
end-user O/S license.

As long as you have a valid license and CD and the system is running, I don't know that I'd really bother with any of this myself.

Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
Ergodic Systems, Inc.

 

[Guest]

How would you do a repair.? and, would the repair keep all your settings.? as
i have a similar problem and im not all that good at installing drivers for
my video cards and all.

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello Peter,
Not always true, repair should be the last thing attempted. Items can and
do change during a repair.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
<From: "peterk" <[email protected]>
<References: <[email protected]>
<Subject: Re: How to change official CD-Key for WinXP/Win2000 without
re-installing OS?
<Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 18:16:16 -0600
<Lines: 31
<X-Priority: 3
<X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
<X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670
<X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670
<X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original
<Message-ID: <[email protected]>
<Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
<NNTP-Posting-Host: d207-81-110-130.bchsia.telus.net 207.81.110.130
<Path: TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
<Xref: TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:439521
<X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
<
<Repair Installation................lose nothing
<peterk
<
<--
<It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
about
<the problem
<<> Assume the following situation:
<>
<> Two partners running together a company and share several computers with
<> Win2000 and WinXP OS.
<> Then they break up their joint venture business.
<> One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.
<>
<> The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he
wants
<> to apply his own, new licences
<> to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and
<> all the stuff on it again.
<>
<> Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to
<> the new owner and the new licence?
<>
<> As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
<> process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
<> Is there a workaround?
<>
<> Frank
<>
<
<
<

 

[Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello,
This article is for Volume media only, this is not for other media types
such as retail or OEM.
This should not affect other media types.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
<From: "WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com>
<References: <[email protected]>
<Subject: Re: How to change official CD-Key for WinXP/Win2000 without
re-installing OS?
<Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 18:49:09 -0700
<Lines: 42
<X-Priority: 3
<X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
<X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670
<X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670
<X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original
<Message-ID: <[email protected]>
<Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
<NNTP-Posting-Host: s209-121-66-150.bc.hsia.telus.net 209.121.66.150
<Path: TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl
<Xref: TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:439566
<X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
<
<<> Assume the following situation:
<>
<> Two partners running together a company and share several computers with
<> Win2000 and WinXP OS.
<> Then they break up their joint venture business.
<> One of them take all official WinXP+Win2000 licences with him.
<>
<> The other partner buys new official Win2000+WinXP licences. Then he
wants
<> to apply his own, new licences
<> to new already existing computers without reinstalling the whole OS and
<> all the stuff on it again.
<>
<> Is there a way to change the CD-Key and other registering information to
<> the new owner and the new licence?
<>
<> As far as I know the Cd-Key has to be entered during the installation
<> process and cannot be applied (normally) later.
<> Is there a workaround?
<>
<
<
<How to change the Volume Licensing product key on a Windows XP SP1-based
<computer
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=328874
<
<You can change the key like this in any XP system regardless of what
Service
<Pack has been installed.
<
<To change the name of the registered info, change the following registry
<keys
<
<HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
<
<Change the Values for "RegisteredOwner" and "RegisteredOrganization".
<
<--
<William
<
<
<
<

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

See: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

How would you do a repair.? and, would the repair keep all your settings.?
as
i have a similar problem and im not all that good at installing drivers
for
my video cards and all.
--
[SHRD]

Do a repair install and change the licence key there.