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Greg Ro
Read if you have Wga problems with legal Preinstalled system.
Sorry for the multiple post.
Don’t not do this in safe mode!
Make sure you do this from an administrator account
Connect to the internet
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current
Version\WPAEvents
In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.
Change at least one digit of this value to deactivate Windows.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the run box, type the following command, and then click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to
activate Windows, and then click Next.
Click Change Product key to key on your machine.
Type the new product key in the New key boxes, and then click Update.
If you are returned to the previous window, click Remind me later
DON’T reboot.
In the run box, type the following command, and then click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Chose internet than activate. You will need to allow connection from
your firewall.
In the run box, type the following command
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
And you will see this message.
Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.
reboot
You should then be able to validate windows. I tested this on w2040
emachine and it worked.
Greg R
Sorry for the multiple post.
Don’t not do this in safe mode!
Make sure you do this from an administrator account
Connect to the internet
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current
Version\WPAEvents
In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.
Change at least one digit of this value to deactivate Windows.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the run box, type the following command, and then click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to
activate Windows, and then click Next.
Click Change Product key to key on your machine.
Type the new product key in the New key boxes, and then click Update.
If you are returned to the previous window, click Remind me later
DON’T reboot.
In the run box, type the following command, and then click OK.
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Chose internet than activate. You will need to allow connection from
your firewall.
In the run box, type the following command
%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
And you will see this message.
Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.
reboot
You should then be able to validate windows. I tested this on w2040
emachine and it worked.
Greg R