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serlvSun Dec-16-01 02:16 PM
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"activate once?"


          

found this at http://www.activewin.com/winxp/tips/basic/7.shtml

is it really that simple?



Windows XP Tips
Never Re-Activate After Installation
Posted By: Byron Hinson - Mailed In by Manu Raam

If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time. It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows XP just copy the file back and you're up and running again.


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SonnySun Dec-16-01 04:19 PM
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#1. "RE: activate once?"
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Yes it works but reactivating is quicker by far. Only takes a few seconds provided of course your internet is working.




  

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JPSun Dec-16-01 10:24 PM
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#2. "RE: activate once?"
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And, it's not a crack that would allow you to install the same copy of XP on multiple machines, since that wpa.dbl file contains the hardware information.

JP

  

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rpeyton80Mon Dec-17-01 01:07 AM
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#3. "RE: activate once?"
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Mon Dec-17-01 01:56 AM

          

I believe if you don't look at it as a crack it could be considered useful. If you’re the type of person who pokes around with their computer as much as I do I think it's necessary. I bought my copy of XP the day it was released and have reinstalled it 3 times already. With that file I won’t have to call those bums every time I want to reinstall it!

  

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ShellyMon Dec-17-01 05:37 AM
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#4. "RE: activate once?"
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You mean those bums that spent ten years developing the OS you are using? Why would you call them at all when you can activate on the internet in five seconds at no cost.

Shelly

  

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