Boy am I glad I don’t use Windows! I don’t have to worry about another company deciding that I don’t have the right to use my computer..
There is a ZDNet blog article relating a conversation someone had with a Microsoft support person which was posted to the interesting people list in which the MS support person said:
“in the fall, having the latest WGA will become mandatory and if its not installed, Windows will give a 30 day warning and when the 30 days is up and WGA isn’t installed, Windows will stop working, so you might as well install WGA now.”
I don’t think this is actually likely to be true as the only way they could be sure to disable Windows it if WGA wasn’t installed is to have planned this from the first release of Windows XP, otherwise they’d have no guarantee that the code they need to do this would be installed.
However, the ZDNet person questioned Microsoft and only got this in response:
As we have mentioned previously, as the WGA Notifications program expands in the future, customers may be required to participate. Microsoft is gathering feedback in select markets to learn how it can best meet its customers’ needs and will keep customers informed of any changes to the program.
Now given that MSFT is already being sued over WGA for violating the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Washington Anti-Spyware Laws, California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Anti-Spyware Laws, California Business and Professions Code and California’s Unfair Competition Law you would think that they would take this opportunity for a good PR exercise about it..
It gets even messier with allegations of MSFT unleashing pre-release code onto users.
Though from the way their software misbehaves I’d have thought they always did that. 🙁
Finally MSFT have denied the kill switch story.
HOW TO MAKE XP PRO CORPORATE “VOLUME LICENSE” “ILLEGAL” TO APPEAR AS AN OEM OR RETAIL VERSION” LEGAL VERSION
YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER SCHOOL,LIBRARY,WHATEVER ( I DON’T RECOMMEND COPYING YOUR EMPLOYER’S OR YOUR MOM’S)
VALID OEM OR RETAIL KEY.
MUST HAVE
1. ACCESS TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPUTERS
2. ACCESS TO THE REGISTRY(REGEDIT.EXE) ON SAID COMPUTER
3. USB THUMB DRIVE
4. DOWNLOAD SLEEP.EXE (TAKES LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO FIND WITH GOOGLE)
HERE WE GO
NOTE ALL THE FILES YOUR CREATING WILL BE IN BETWEEN START OF AND END OF
THE “START OF” AND “END OF” SHOULD NOT BE IN YOUR FINISHED FILE!
1ST THING WERE GOING TO DO IS CREATE A BATCH FILE TO GET THE KEYS
start of GetRegKeys.bat
@echo off
echo.
echo “getting the three registry keys needed”
echo.
echo.
echo “getting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Registration”
regedit /E iexplore.reg “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Registration”
echo.
echo “saved to desktop\key\ as iexplore.reg”
echo.
echo “getting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion”
regedit /E windcurrver.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
echo.
echo “saved to desktop\key\ as windcurrver.reg”
echo.
echo “getting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion”
regedit /E oem.reg “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion”
echo.
echo “saved to desktop\key\ as oem.reg”
echo.
echo.
echo “look in desktop\key\ the files should be there”
echo.
pause
end of GetRegKeys.bat
OK OPEN THE NOTEPAD APPLICATION HIGHLIGHT THE ABOVE TEXT
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN start of GetRegKeys.bat AND end of GetRegKeys.bat
RIGHT CLICK COPY AND PASTE IN THE NOTEPAD NOW CLICK FILE SAVE AS GetRegKeys.bat
NOTE THAT BATCHFILE CAN BE RAN FROM ANY LOCATION ON THE THE COMPUTER YOU WILL END UP WITH A FILE IN THE DIRECTORY
YOU RUN THE GETREGKEYS.BAT FILE FROM.(IT CAN BE RAN DIRECTLY FROM A USB THUMBDRIVE)
YOU SHOULD HAVE THREE REGISTRY FILES
iexplore.reg
windcurrver.reg this file needs to be edited READ BELOW
oem.reg this file needs to be edited READ BELOW
OK ASSUMING YOUR HOME NOW LETS CONTINUE!
NEXT EDIT WINDCURRVER.REG
(windcurrver.reg)this file needs editing right click the windcurrver.reg file on the desktop click edit
it should look like this when your done
start of wincurrver.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
“ProductId”=”xxxxx-XXX-xxxxxxx-xxxxx”
end of wincurrver.reg
NEXT EDIT OEM.REG
(oem.reg)this file needs editing right click the oem.reg file on the desktop click edit
it should look like this when your done
start of oem.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
“SubVersionNumber”=””
“CurrentBuild”=”1.511.1 () (Obsolete data – do not use)”
“InstallDate”=dword:4496c793
“ProductName”=”Microsoft Windows XP”
“RegDone”=””
“SoftwareType”=”SYSTEM”
“CurrentVersion”=”5.1”
“CurrentBuildNumber”=”2600”
“BuildLab”=”2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158”
“CurrentType”=”Uniprocessor Free”
“CSDVersion”=”Service Pack 2”
“SystemRoot”=”C:\\WINDOWS”
“SourcePath”=”D:\\I386”
“PathName”=”C:\\WINDOWS”
“ProductId”=”XXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX”
“DigitalProductId”=hex: BIG STRING OF NUMBERS
“LicenseInfo”=hex: BIG STRING OF NUMBERS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents]
“OOBETimer”=hex:ff,d5,71,d6,8b,6a,8d,6f,d5,33,93,fd
“LastWPAEventLogged”=hex:d6,07,06,00,01,00,13,00,0f,00,33,00,27,00,a5,01
end of oem.reg
WHERE IT SAYS BIG STRING OF NUMBERS (I REMOVED THEM FOR OBVIOUS REASONS) IT WILL BE JUST WHAT IT SAYS A BIG STRING OF NUMBERS.
(THIS KEY IS WHAT MICROSCUM SCANS FOR ON WGA – WINDOWS UPDATE – WINDOWS DOWNLOAD – BETA-INSTALL – EXTRAS INSTALL)
NEXT CREATE A REGISTRY FILE TO START THE WORKAROUND WITH YOUR COMPUTER
start of start.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
“start”=”C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe /k cd C:\\ &start /min tweak.cmd &exit”
end of start.reg
OK OPEN THE NOTEPAD APPLICATION HIGHLIGHT THE ABOVE TEXT
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN start of start.reg AND end of start.reg
RIGHT CLICK COPY AND PASTE IN THE NOTEPAD NOW CLICK FILE SAVE AS start.reg
start tweak.cmd
@echo off
echo “YOU HAVE TO BE ADMIN FOR THIS TO WORK”
echo “WAITING FOR THE XP TO SETTLE BEFORE EXECUTING”
sleep 35 &
REGEDIT /s oem.reg
EXIT
end tweak.cmd
OK OPEN THE NOTEPAD APPLICATION HIGHLIGHT THE ABOVE TEXT
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN start tweak.cmd AND end tweak.cmd
RIGHT CLICK COPY AND PASTE IN THE NOTEPAD NOW CLICK FILE SAVE AS tweak.cmd
start of install.bat
@echo off
echo.
echo “SHOWING WHAT’S BEING DONE”
echo.
echo “copying sleep.exe to C:\windows\system32”
@copy sleep.exe C:\windows\system32
echo “copying tweak.cmd to C:\
@copy tweak.cmd C:\
echo “copying oem.reg to C:\”
@copy oem.reg C:\
echo.
echo “making oem.reg,tweak.cmd hidden files”
attrib h C:\oem.reg
attrib h C:\tweak.cmd
echo.
echo “registering the following keys”
echo “iexplorekey.reg”
echo “windcurrver.reg”
echo “start.reg”
REGEDIT /S iexplorekey.reg
REGEDIT /S windcurrver.reg
REGEDIT /S start.reg
@pause
end of install.bat
OK OPEN THE NOTEPAD APPLICATION HIGHLIGHT THE ABOVE TEXT
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN start of install.bat AND end of install.bat
RIGHT CLICK COPY AND PASTE IN THE NOTEPAD NOW CLICK FILE SAVE AS install.bat
start of uninstall.bat
@ echo off
echo.
echo “removing sleep.exe from C:\windows\system32”
del C:\windows\system32\sleep.exe
echo.
echo “unhiding C:\oem.reg,C:\tweak.cmd before deleting”
attrib -h C:\oem.reg
attrib -h C:\tweak.cmd
echo.
echo “removing C:\oem.reg,C:\tweak.cmd”
cd C:\ &del tweak.cmd &del oem.reg
echo.
echo “registering your backup keys iexplore.reg,windcurrver.reg,oem.reg”
regedit /s oem.reg
regedit /s iexplore.reg
regedit /s windcurrver.reg
echo.
echo.
echo “deleting the regkey that started the workaround”
echo.
echo.
reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v start /f
echo.
echo.
echo.
pause
end of uninstall.bat
OK OPEN THE NOTEPAD APPLICATION HIGHLIGHT THE ABOVE TEXT
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN start uninstall.bat AND end uninstall.bat
RIGHT CLICK COPY AND PASTE IN THE NOTEPAD NOW CLICK FILE SAVE AS uninstall.bat
OK YOU HAVE ALL THE FILES MADE GO ON GOOGLE AND DOWNLOAD SLEEP.EXE
AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD THAT PUT ALL OF THESE FILES IN A FOLDER NAMED KEY PUT UNINSTALL.BAT IN A FOLDER NAMED
UNINSTALL INSIDE THE KEY FOLDER.
(RECOMMENDED) ON YOUR COMPUTER (BEFORE INSTALLING) RUN THE GetRegKeys.bat TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINALL KEYS BEFORE
INSTALLING PUT THE BACKUP KEYS IN THE UNINSTALL FOLDER THE uninstall.bat FILE WILL RE REGISTER THE KEYS
WHEN YOU RUN uninstall.bat
DOUBLE CHECK ALL YOUR WORK IF IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME AS THE INSTRUCTIONS
THEN DOUBLE CLICK INSTALL.BAT “FROM THE KEY FOLDER ON YOUR DESKTOP”
NOTE THE UNINSTALL WORKS THE SAME WAY “FROM THE KEY FOLDER ON YOUR DESKTOP”
THAT’S IT LOG OFF AND LOG BACK ON NO REBOOT IS NEEDED
WHEN XP COMES UP YOU SHOULD SEE THE COMMAND WINDOW MINIMIZED IN THE TASKBAR.
WHEN XP COMES UP RIGHT CLICK THE TASK BAR CLICK TASK MANAGER
CLICK THE PROCESSES TAB AND YOU SHOULD SEE SLEEP.EXE AS A PROCESS IT WILL DISSAPEAR IN 35 SECONDS
AFTER IT DISSAPEARS
CLICK START SETTINGS CONTROL PANEL SYSTEM LOOK AT THE PRODUCT ID BELOW “REGISTERED TO” YOU SHOULD NOW SEE THE PRODUCT ID
OF THE XP YOU GOT IT FROM AND YOU WILL BE LEGIT FOR WGA (AS LONG AS THE COMPUTER YOU GOT IT FROM WAS LEGIT)
AND MICROSCUM DOES NOT FIND OUT ABOUT THIS AND MAKE THE KEYS TAMPER-PROOF.
THE FUNNY PART OF THIS WHOLE THING IS 8 FILES TOTALING 134KB JUST WIPED OUT ALL MICROSOFT’S EFFORTS TO CONTROL XP
ANOTHER FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS IS THE XP CORP NON ACTIVATION STAYS IN PLACE SO YOU CAN REINSTALL XP-CORP THEN REINSTALL
THIS WORKAROUND OR CHANGE ALOT OF HARDWARE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ACTIVATION.
Sigh, I don’t recommend people try the above, it’s probably in contravention of your EULA with Microsoft..
The much better solution is to not use Windows in the first place and stick to Free Software such as Linux – Ubuntu seems to make most people happy and I use the KUbuntu variant as I prefer the KDE desktop to Gnome.
Buy a legal copy
Or better still don’t use Windows at all (either legal or illegal)..
Ignore that rubish thats to long
1. Delete registry entries for the malicious program. To do this, follow these steps:
a. Start the computer in Safe mode.
b. Back up the registry.
c. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
d. Locate and then delete the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\RESET5
e. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents
f. In the right pane, right-click OOBETimer, and then click Modify.
g. Change any digit of the value of the OOBETimer registry entry, and then click OK.
Note This step deactivates Windows.
h. Quit Registry Editor.
AFTER THIS
Remove malicious files. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Search, and then search for all the following files in the Windows folder. Delete any files that you find.
• Reset5.exe
• Reset5.dll
• Reset5.dat
• Reset5.dt*
b. Delete the %systemroot%\System32\Srvany.exe file.
c. Restart the computer in Normal mode.
Enjoy computer hacker attackers
😉
Tried this, did not work though….
The XP I’m running forced me into activation on first boot-up after the install procedure.
As I’ve said before, I strongly suggest people do not use Windows, read about the the pain that Vista will cause people and go and buy a Mac or use Linux instead.
hello everbudy could any budy help to come out of the validation of xp it gives me 30 nday days notification to validate
i bought one genuine xp cd whose id is 76487-OEM-0049895-44866
some of these keys i used to install the xp
XJM6Q-BQ8HW-T6DFB-Y934T-YD4YT
http://www.seriall.com/key/windows_xp_professional_key_fuer_oem_oem_dash_version_g_ltiger_originalkey_excl.html
S/N: GPFJX-P2JDM-XY33X-RYh9D-XQGH8
Windows xp professional oem 2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm
S/N: tg9qw-q93xb-863wy-2kj3x-f9hyg
but m not able to genuine it
can any budy help me to come out of this problem given some corporate keys to validate it
caution: i used many patch cracks but nothing works even key changers fail s…
note; i register it at the time of installation but i think its no. uses exceeds
so guys plz help me
My suggestion would be to try out Ubuntu Linux, it is no where near as hard to install as you might think and you’ll get tons of free software (including an entire office suite) that is completely legal.
You won’t need to worry about licenses expiring, virus checkers or anti-spyware checkers..