Disable windows xp acivation

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Power Supplies. Moderators online. Tom's Hardware is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site. Choosing "No" would send be back to the login screen and choosing "Yes" would begin to load Windows, but only as far as showing me the desktop with no icons. I was able to fix this problem by starting the PC in safe mode with command prompt. I then typed "explorer" into the command prompt to load Windows. This extended my activation to 30 days.

Even though this extended my activation period, I was still unable to get the activation program to start up. I fixed that by going into "regedit" and searching for the "wpaevents" folder. I then changed the permissions to include "User" for "Full control". I also went to my c: drive and changed the permissions to include "User", "Administrator", and "System" for "Full control". I rebooted the machine and then was able to run Windows activation. Power on the PC and press F8 right before Windows begins to load.

Select "Safe mode with command prompt". Now click on "Start" and in the "Run" box type "Rundll Press Enter. This will re-set activation to 30 days. Once more, click on "Start" then go to the "Run" box and type in "Regedit".

Make sure that in Regedit you are highlighting "My Computer" at the very top. Now go up to "Edit" then "Find" and type in "wpaevents" then press Enter. Right click on the "wpaevents" folder and go down to "Permissions". Highlight "User" and place a check mark in the box labeled "full control". Click "Apply" and exit regedit. Now double click "My Computer". Right click the C: drive and go down to "Properties". Now click on the "Security" tab and modify "User", "Administrator", and "System" so that they all have "Full control".

Click "Apply" and reboot the PC. This How-to is intended to assist in recovering a PC from a faulty repair install. I don't condone piracy, but I also don't believe in locking a user from their data with faulty control mechanisms.

I was so hopeful, because this post added the permissions steps, but when I do as described, the login after saying "yes" to activation just shows the wallpaper forever. Improve this question. Albin Albin 6, 4 4 gold badges 31 31 silver badges 56 56 bronze badges. I ran into this last year and the activation servers turned out to be down rather than gone forever. The producers were paying Microsoft yearly fees for maintenance. This could explain why it's still possible to activate Windows XP as noted in Albin's answer in case an ATM machine needed to be replaced.

XP activates fine for me with an internet connection mid Note that's using it from within a VirtualBox in Linux Mint. As soon as it's activated, I disable the net connection.

Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. I found two solutions, both of them work offline, so you don't have to connect the WinXP system to a network although I have to use WinXP I try to minimize security risks : A Activating over the phone Calling the current MS activation number for a product still in support e.

Improve this answer. GeoffAtkins yay? Good answer, this worked for me a couple of weeks ago when a VM I have suddenly wanted to be re-activated. I was really surprised the phone system still worked. GeoffAtkins technically correct, although there was an out of band update this year, and also for Window Server When the Navy stops using it, then it dies. My machine had already expired so I could only get into safe mode, which wouldn't let me run the OOBE tool.

I had to reset the clock using rundll Update, it doesn't seem to be permanent. Show 6 more comments. BruceHill BruceHill 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Please be cautious!!!

Whatever this does, this might be illegal software even maleware I haven't tried yet. You should describe in detail what the link does. I find it strange, if there is something wrong with this activation link, that it was posted on the Microsoft forum almost a year ago without any moderators issuing any warning about it. I just used this method and the activation code that was generated activated my copy of Windows XP. This is a legit link. If you call the activation number found in your product, they'll offer to text you a shortlink: m.

This works fine to activate Windows XP via the 'telephone' method as of April Add a comment. Regarding failure of online activation, did you check the date on the system? I activated Windows XP on an old machine one week ago. This post does not answer the question. The OP is claiming that online activation does not work, he is assuming this is a server problem, but it's equally possible it's a client problem, especially as others are reporting succesful activations.

Additionally, updates may be required due to server-side encryption changes. I wonder if different installation images use different activation servers. I would like to try an image on the machine in question which has prooved to have a working online activation on a different machine.

Doesn't work on my build installation.