Change Windows XP Key

An affective way to change your Windows XP key in case you are you using a pirated version of Windows XP and you feel that you will have to make your copy Genuine............for updating reasons....................follow this steps.

Step 1

Open Start/Run... and type the command:

regedit and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

Go to 'HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents',

on the right double click on "oobetimer" and change at least one digit of this value to deactivate windows.

Click "OK" and close the Registry Editor(regedit).

Step 2

Open Start/Run... and type the command:

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

This will bring up the "Activate Windows" window.

Check the option for "Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows" and click "Next"

Step 3

Then click "Change Product Key" (don't enter any information on that screen)

Step 4

Type in the new key and click "Update"

Then activate Windows by phone window will reappear at this point, just close it by clicking the X in the upper right hand corner.

Step 5

Reboot your system and Open Start/Run... and type the command:

%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a and click "OK" (or press ENTER).

If you see "Windows is already activated" then everything is OK.

For making your copy Genuine read this related article Make XP Genuine in 5 steps